Bilam’s first bracha (Bamidbar 23:7-10) declares:

“From Aram, Balak, King of Moav brought me, out of the mountains of the east saying, ‘Come curse Yaakov for me. Go denounce Yisrael.’ How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced? For I view it, from the mountain peaks (rosh tzurim), I gaze upon it from the hills (gvaot); a people that dwells alone; not reckoning itself among nations. Who can count the dust of Yaakov or count the seed of Yisrael? May my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my........

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