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The Book of Numbers, Chapter 24, Verse 16

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And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
King James Version
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, [which] saw the vision of the Almighty, falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open:
American Standard Version
He saith, who heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:
New English Translation
the oracle of the one who hears the words of God, and who knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, although falling flat on the ground with eyes open:
World English Bible
he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:
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I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
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And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
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Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
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And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the first of the nations; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish for ever.
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And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
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Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
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And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
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And ships [shall come] from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
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And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
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And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.