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Numbers · read by Denny Kenaston
103 verses, in order. Only the verses Denny read aloud are shown.
Numbers 11
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We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.Read from KJV · The Sin of Gluttony
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Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.Read from KJV · The Sin of Gluttony
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The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.Read from KJV · The Sin of Gluttony
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When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.Read from KJV · The Sin of Gluttony
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Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.Read from KJV · The Sin of Gluttony
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.Read from KJV · Overwhelmed With the Presence of the Living God
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And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.Read from KJV · Overwhelmed With the Presence of the Living God
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So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.Read from KJV · Overwhelmed With the Presence of the Living God
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Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.Read from KJV · Overwhelmed With the Presence of the Living God
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Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.Read from KJV · Overwhelmed With the Presence of the Living God
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A young man ran and reported to Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp."Read from KJV · Overwhelmed With the Presence of the Living God
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Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, "Moses, my lord, stop them!"Read from KJV · Overwhelmed With the Presence of the Living God
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But Moses replied, "Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD's people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!"Read from KJV · Overwhelmed With the Presence of the Living God
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All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.Read from KJV · The Sin of Gluttony
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But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.Read from KJV · The Sin of Gluttony
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So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.Read from KJV · The Sin of Gluttony
Numbers 14
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Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothesRead from KJV · (Godly Home) Part 23 - Fighting Battles for the Next Generation
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and said to the whole congregation of Israel, "The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.Read from KJV · 25. Fighting Battles for the Next Generation
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If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.Read from KJV · 25. Fighting Battles for the Next Generation
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Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!"Read from KJV · 25. Fighting Battles for the Next Generation
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So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:Read from KJV · (Godly Home) Part 23 - Fighting Battles for the Next Generation
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'The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.'Read from KJV · (Godly Home) Part 23 - Fighting Battles for the Next Generation
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Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."Read from KJV · (Godly Home) Part 23 - Fighting Battles for the Next Generation
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"I have pardoned them as you requested," the LORD replied.Read from KJV · 25. Fighting Battles for the Next Generation
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"Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,Read from KJV · (Godly Home) Part 23 - Fighting Battles for the Next Generation
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not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—Read from KJV · (Godly Home) Part 23 - Fighting Battles for the Next Generation
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not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.Read from KJV · 25. Fighting Battles for the Next Generation
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But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.Read from KJV · (Godly Home) Part 23 - Fighting Battles for the Next Generation
Numbers 21
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and spoke against God and against Moses: "Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!"Read from KJV · (Christ--the Way God Makes Man Righteous) 8. Saving Faith
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So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.Read from KJV · (Christ--the Way God Makes Man Righteous) 8. Saving Faith
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Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us." So Moses interceded for the people.Read from KJV · (Christ--the Way God Makes Man Righteous) 8. Saving Faith
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live."Read from KJV · (Christ--the Way God Makes Man Righteous) 8. Saving Faith
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So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.Read from KJV · (Christ--the Way God Makes Man Righteous) 8. Saving Faith
Numbers 22
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Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,Read from ESV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, "This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field." Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. "Behold, a people has come out of Egypt," said Balak. "They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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"Spend the night here," Balaam replied, "and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Then God came to Balaam and asked, "Who are these men with you?"Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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And Balaam said to God, "Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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'Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.'"Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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But God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak's princes, "Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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They came to Balaam and said, "This is what Balak son of Zippor says: 'Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!'"Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, "If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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That night God came to Balaam and said, "Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Then God's anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow passage between two vineyards, with walls on either side.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, crushing Balaam's foot against it. So he beat her once again.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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And the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or left.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Balaam answered the donkey, "You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!"Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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But the donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?" "No," he replied.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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The angel of the LORD asked him, "Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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"I have sinned," Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, "for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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And he said to Balaam, "Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to richly reward you?"Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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"See, I have come to you," Balaam replied, "but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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So Balaam accompanied Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he gave portions to Balaam and the princes who were with him.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
Numbers 23
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And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: "Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. 'Come,' he said, 'put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!'Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!"Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: "Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, 'What great things God has done!'Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Now Balak said to Balaam, "Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!"Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
Numbers 24
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and he lifted up an oracle, saying: "This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Then Balak's anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, "I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, "This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
Numbers 25
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While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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So Moses told the judges of Israel, "Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor."Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2
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but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.Read from KJV · A Parable of Security, Stagnation, Seduction, Survival - Part 2