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Rh the princes of Moab. And he took up his parable, and said,


 * the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram,
 * Out of the mountains of the east, saying,
 * Come, curse me Jacob,
 * And come, defy Israel.
 * How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?
 * Or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
 * For from the top of the rocks I see him,
 * And from the hills I behold him:
 * Lo, the people shall dwell alone,
 * And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
 * Who can count the dust of Jacob,
 * And the number of the fourth part of Israel?
 * Let me die the death of the righteous,
 * And let my last end be like his!

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth? And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt