"How lovely are your tents, O Jacob! / Your dwellings, O Israel! / Like valleys that stretch out, / Like gardens by the riverside, / Like aloes planted by the Lord, / Like cedars beside the waters. / He shall pour water from his buckets, / And his seed shall be in many waters. / His king shall be higher than Agag, / And his kingdom shall be exalted. / God brings him out of Egypt; / He has strength like a wild ox; / He shall consume the nations, his enemies; / He shall break their bones / And pierce them with his arrows."
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Balaam
Balaam, son of Beor (Numbers 22:5) was, according to the Bible, a non-Israelite prophet and diviner who lived in Pethor, a place identified with the ancient city of Pitru, thought to have been located between the region of Iraq and northern Syria in what is now southeastern Turkey. According to Numbers 22–24, he was hired by King Balak of Moab to curse Israel, but instead he blessed the Israelites, as dictated by God. Subsequently, the plan to entice the Israelites into idol worship and sexual i
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