# Balak has brought me from Aram ... the king of Moab from the eastern mountains

These phrases mean the same thing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

# 'Come, curse Jacob for me,' ... 'Come, defy Israel.'

Both of these statements mean the same thing. They emphasize that Balak wants Balaam to curse the people of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])