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Numbers 24:14-25 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

14. Yet truly, as I continue on to my own people, I will give you counsel as to what this people shall do to your people in the end times."

15. Therefore, taking up his parable, he again spoke: "Balaam the son of Beor, the man whose eye has been obstructed,

16. the hearer of the sermon of God, he who knows the doctrine of the Most High, and who sees the visions of the Almighty, who, falling down, has his eyes opened, has declared:

17. I shall see him, but not presently. I shall gaze upon him, but not soon. A star shall rise out of Jacob, and a rod shall spring up from Israel. And he shall strike down the commanders of Moab, and he shall devastate all the sons of Seth.

18. And he shall possess Idumea; the inheritance of Seir shall fall to their enemies. Yet truly, Israel shall act with strength.

19. From Jacob will be he who shall be ruler. And he shall perish the remnants of the city."

20. And when he saw Amalek, taking up his parable, he said: "Amalek, first among the Gentiles, whose very end shall be perdition."

21. Likewise, he saw the Kainites, and taking up his parable, he said: "Robust, indeed, is your habitation. But though you will set your nest in a rock,

22. and you will be elect among the stock of Kain, how long will you be able to remain? For Assur shall take you captive."

23. And taking up his parable once more he said: "Alas! Who will be able to survive, when God will do these things?

24. They shall arrive in Greek warships from Italy. They shall overcome the Assyrians, and they shall devastate the Hebrews, and yet, at the very end, even they themselves shall perish."

25. And Balaam rose up, and he returned to his place. Likewise, Balak went back, along the way by which he had arrived.

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