2 Lifting up his eyes, Balaam saw Israel dwelling by tribes. The Ruach Elohim came over him.
3 He uttered his oracle and said: “This is the oracle of Balaam son of Beor, and the oracle of a strong man whose eye has been opened,
4 the oracle of one hearing God’s speech, one seeing Shaddai’s vision, one fallen down, yet with open eyes:
5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwellings, O Israel!
6 Like valleys they are spread out, like gardens beside a river, like aloes planted by Adonai, like cedars beside the waters.
7 Water will flow from his buckets, his seed by abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag , his kingdom will be exalted.
8 God is bringing him out of Egypt. like the strong horns of a wild ox. He devours nations hostile to him. He will crush their bones. His arrows will pierce them.