“And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.”
And Balaam uttered his oracle, saying: 'Balak has brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: Come, curse Jacob for me; Come, invoke evil against Israel' — the oracle opens with Balaam reciting Balak's request. The recitation establishes context: Balak has hired him to curse. Yet Balaam's next words will contradict the request entirely. Aram (likely referring to Mesopotamia or northern regions) is where Balaam originally dwelt; the reference to eastern mountains emphasizes the great distance traversed for this engagement.
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