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# from the top of the rocks I see him ... from the hills I look at him
These two phrases mean the same thing. Balaam viewed Israel from the top of a hill. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
Balaam viewed Israel from the top of a hill.
# I see him ... I look at him
Here "him" is a metonym that refers to the people of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
Here "him" refers to the people of Israel.
# there is a people
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# do not consider themselves as just an ordinary nation
This negative statement is used to stress that the opposite is true. Alternate translation: "they consider themselves to be a special nation" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-litotes]])
"they consider themselves to be a special nation"