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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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# Water will flow from their buckets, and their seed will have abundant water
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Abundant water is associated with God's blessing on the crops of the land. Alternate translation: "God will bless Israel with plenty of water for their crops" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# their seed will have abundant water
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Well-watered seed refers to God's blessing on his people so that they will have abundant crops. Alternate translation: "they will have plenty of water for their seed to grow healthy crops" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# Their king will be greater ... their kingdom will be honored
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These two phrases have similar meaning, emphasizing how much God will bless them compared to other nations. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# will be greater
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will have more honor and will be more powerful
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# their kingdom will be honored
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "other people will give honor to their kingdom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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