elders: Numbers 22:7, Numbers 25:15-18, Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:21-22
Now shall: Numbers 24:17; Jeremiah 48:38
And Balak: Numbers 22:2; Judges 11:25
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Numbers 22:4
Numbers 22:4
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