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He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
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Verse 7. Parable. Beginning to speak in a beautiful and poetic style, like a man inspired. Calmet.—Mashal, denotes a striking and elegant prophecy. Menochius.—Aram, when placed alone, properly means Syria; but when Padan or Naharaim are added, Mesopotamia is meant, whence Balaam came. Deuteronomy 22:5.—East of Moab, though lying to the north, or higher part of Mesopotamia. Calmet.
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