saw: Numbers 22:13, Numbers 23:20, Numbers 31:16; 1 Samuel 24:20, 1 Samuel 26:2, 1 Samuel 26:25; Revelation 2:14
at other times: Numbers 23:3, Numbers 23:15
to seek for enchantments: Heb. to the meeting of enchantments, Numbers 23:23
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Numbers 24:1
Numbers 24:1
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