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                                     Numbers


                                   Chapter 22


  1. And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the
     plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

  2. And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to
     the Amorites.

  3. And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were
     many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of
     Israel.

  4. And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this
     company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox
     licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of
     Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

  5. He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to
     Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of
     his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people
     come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the
     earth, and they abide over against me:

  6. Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for
     they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail,
     that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the
     land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and
     he whom thou cursest is cursed.

  7. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed
     with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came
     unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

  8. And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will
     bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and
     the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

  9. And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with
     thee?

 10. And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of
     Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

 11. Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth
     the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure
     I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

 12. And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou
     shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

 13. And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes
     of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to
     give me leave to go with you.

 14. And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak,
     and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

 15. And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable
     than they.

 16. And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak
     the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee
     from coming unto me:

 17. For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will
     do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray
     thee, curse me this people.

 18. And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If
     Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I
     cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or
     more.

 19. Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night,
     that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.

 20. And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the
     men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet
     the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

 21. And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and
     went with the princes of Moab.

 22. And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel
     of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him.
     Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were
     with him.

 23. And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way,
     and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside
     out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote
     the ass, to turn her into the way.

 24. But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards,
     a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.

 25. And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust
     herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the
     wall: and he smote her again.

 26. And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a
     narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right
     hand or to the left.

 27. And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down
     under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote
     the ass with a staff.

 28. And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto
     Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten
     me these three times?

 29. And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I
     would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill
     thee.

 30. And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which
     thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I
     ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

 31. Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the
     angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn
     in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on
     his face.

 32. And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou
     smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to
     withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

 33. And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times:
     unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain
     thee, and saved her alive.

 34. And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned;
     for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now
     therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

 35. And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men:
     but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou
     shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

 36. And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to
     meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of
     Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

 37. And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto
     thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I
     not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

 38. And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I
     now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God
     putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

 39. And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto
     Kirjathhuzoth.

 40. And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to
     the princes that were with him.

 41. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam,
     and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence
     he might see the utmost part of the people.


                                   Chapter 23


  1. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and
     prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

  2. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam
     offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

  3. And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and
     I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and
     whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an
     high place.

  4. And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared
     seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock
     and a ram.

  5. And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return
     unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

  6. And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt
     sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

  7. And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab
     hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east,
     saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

  8. How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I
     defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

  9. For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills
     I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall
     not be reckoned among the nations.

 10. Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the
     fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the
     righteous, and let my last end be like his!

 11. And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I
     took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast
     blessed them altogether.

 12. And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that
     which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

 13. And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto
     another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt
     see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all:
     and curse me them from thence.

 14. And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of
     Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a
     ram on every altar.

 15. And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering,
     while I meet the LORD yonder.

 16. And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and
     said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

 17. And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt
     offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said
     unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?

 18. And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and
     hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

 19. God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of
     man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not
     do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

 20. Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath
     blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

 21. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen
     perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and
     the shout of a king is among them.

 22. God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the
     strength of an unicorn.

 23. Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is
     there any divination against Israel: according to this time
     it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God
     wrought!

 24. Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift
     up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he
     eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

 25. And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor
     bless them at all.

 26. But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee,
     saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

 27. And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring
     thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God
     that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

 28. And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh
     toward Jeshimon.

 29. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and
     prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

 30. And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and
     a ram on every altar.


                                   Chapter 24


  1. And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless
     Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for
     enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

  2. And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in
     his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God
     came upon him.

  3. And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor
     hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

  4. He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the
     vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having
     his eyes open:

  5. How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O
     Israel!

  6. As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the
     river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath
     planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

  7. He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed
     shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than
     Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

  8. God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the
     strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his
     enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them
     through with his arrows.

  9. He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who
     shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and
     cursed is he that curseth thee.

 10. And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote
     his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called
     thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast
     altogether blessed them these three times.

 11. Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote
     thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee
     back from honour.

 12. And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy
     messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,

 13. If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I
     cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either
     good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that
     will I speak?

 14. And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I
     will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people
     in the latter days.

 15. And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor
     hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

 16. He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the
     knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the
     Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

 17. I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not
     nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre
     shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of
     Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

 18. And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a
     possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

 19. Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and
     shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

 20. And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and
     said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter
     end shall be that he perish for ever.

 21. And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and
     said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest
     in a rock.

 22. Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall
     carry thee away captive.

 23. And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live
     when God doeth this!

 24. And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall
     afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall
     perish for ever.

 25. And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and
     Balak also went his way.