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# General Information:
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Balaam continues to prophesy under the control of the Spirit of God.
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# He speaks ... He sees ... he bows
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Here Balaam refers to himself as "He." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# he bows down
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This is an act of humility. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
# with his eyes open
Here "eyes open" is an idiom that means Balaam has received the ability to know what God wants to say. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, the place where you live, Israel!
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Both of these statements mean the same thing. They emphasize the Israelite camp was beautiful to Balaam. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vision]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/almighty]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bow]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tent]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
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