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King James Version
Then
the Israelites
traveled
on
and camped
in the plains of Moab near
the
Jordan ,
across
from
Jericho.
And
the children
of
Israel
set
forward,
and pitched
in the plains of Moab on
this
side
Jordan by
Jericho.
Now
Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites ,
And
Balak the
son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites .
and Moab was terrified
of the people because they were numerous.
Indeed,
Moab dreaded
the Israelites
.
And Moab was sore
afraid
of the people ,
because they were many:
and
Moab was
distressed
because
of
the children
of
Israel
.
So
the
Moabites
said to
the elders of Midian, “
This horde
will
devour
everything
around
us, as an
ox licks
up the grass of the field. ”
Since
Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab
at that time ,
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 .
he sent messengers to
Balaam son of Beor at
Pethor, which is by the Euphrates
in
the land of his people .
“
Behold, a people has
come out of
Egypt, ”
said
Balak.
“
They cover the face of the land
and have
settled
next
to
me .
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 :
So
please
come now and
put
a
curse on
this people ,
because
they are too mighty for me .
Perhaps
I may be
able
to
defeat
them and drive them out of the land ;
for I know
that those
you
bless
are
blessed, and those
you
curse
are
cursed. ”
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.
The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees
for
divination in hand .
They came to
Balaam and relayed
to
him the words of Balak.
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.
“Spend
the
night
here
, ”
Balaam
replied
, “
and I will give
you the
answer
that
the LORD speaks
to
me .”
So
the princes of Moab stayed
with Balaam.
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.
Then
God came to
Balaam and asked
, “Who
are these men
with you
? ”
And
God came unto
Balaam ,
and said
, What
men
are these with thee
?
And Balaam said to
God, “
Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this
message:
And Balaam said unto
God, Balak the
son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath
sent unto
me ,
saying,
‘
Behold, a people has
come out of Egypt, and
they
cover
the face of the land.
Now
come and
put
a
curse on
them
for
me .
Perhaps
I may
be able to fight
against
them and drive them away
. ’”
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
.
But
God said to
Balaam, “Do
not go with them .
You
are
not to
curse this
people ,
for they are blessed. ”
And
God said unto
Balaam, Thou
shalt
not go with them ;
thou
shalt
not curse the
people :
for they are blessed.
So
Balaam got
up the next
morning and said to
Balak’s
princes, “Go
back
to
your homeland,
because
the LORD has
refused
to let
me go with you. ”
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.
And the princes of Moab arose
, returned
to
Balak, and said, “
Balaam refused
to come with us. ”
And the princes of Moab rose
up
, and
they
went
unto
Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth
to come with us.
Then
Balak sent other
princes, more numerous
and more distinguished
than the
first
messengers
.
And
Balak sent yet
again
princes, more ,
and more honorable
than they
.
They came to Balaam and said, “This
is
what
Balak son of Zippor says:
‘Please
let nothing hinder you
from coming to
me ,
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 :
for I will honor you
richly
and do whatever
you
say.
So
please
come and
put
a
curse on
this people for
me!’”
For I will promote
thee
unto
very
great
honor ,
and I
will
do whatsoever
thou
sayest
unto
me:
come therefore,
I
pray
thee,
curse me
this people .
But
Balaam replied
to
the servants of Balak, “
If Balak were
to
give me his house full of silver and gold, I could
not
do
anything
small
or
great
to
go beyond the command
of the LORD my God.
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
.
So
now, please
stay
here overnight
as
the
others
did
, that I may find
out
what else
the LORD has
to
tell
me. ”
Now therefore
, I
pray
you,
tarry
ye
also
here this
night
, that I may know
what the LORD will
say
unto
me more
.
That
night
God came to
Balaam and said, “Since
these
men have
come to summon
you
, get
up and go with them ,
but you
must
only
do
what
I tell
you
. ”
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
.
So
in the morning Balaam
got
up
, saddled his donkey
, and went with the princes of Moab.
And
Balaam
rose
up
in the morning, and
saddled his ass
, and went with the princes of Moab.
Then
God’s
anger was kindled because Balaam
was
going
along,
and the angel of the LORD stood in the road
to
oppose
him. Balaam
was riding his donkey
, and his two servants were with him.
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.
When
the donkey
saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road
with
a
drawn
sword in his hand ,
she
turned off
the path
and went into a
field .
So
Balaam beat
her
to return
her to
the path
.
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
.
Then
the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow
passage
between
two
vineyards, with
walls
on either
side.
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
.
And the donkey
saw the angel of the LORD and
pressed
herself against
the wall, crushing
Balaam’s
foot against it.
So
he beat
her once
again.
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.
And the angel of the LORD moved
on
ahead
and stood in a narrow place where there
was no room
to turn to the right or left.
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.
When the donkey
saw the angel of the LORD, she lay
down under Balaam, and he became
furious
and
beat
her
with his
staff.
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.
Then
the LORD opened the donkey’s
mouth, and she said to
Balaam, “
What have I done to
you
that you
have
beaten
me these three times? ”
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?
Balaam answered
the donkey
, “You
have
made
a
fool
of
me !
If
I had
a sword in my
hand, I
would kill you
right
now!”
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.
But
the donkey
said to
Balaam, “
Am I
not the
donkey
you
have
ridden all
your
life
until
today
? Have
I ever treated
you
this
way
before
? ”
“No,”
he replied
.
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
.
Then the LORD opened Balaam’s
eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road
with
a
drawn
sword in his hand .
And Balaam
bowed low
and fell facedown
.
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
.
The angel of the LORD asked
him, “Why
have
you
beaten
your
donkey
these three times? Behold, I have
come
out to oppose
you
, because your
way is perverse before me .
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 :
The donkey
saw me and turned away
from me these three times .
If
she had not
turned away
, then
by
now I would
surely
have
killed
you
and let
her live
. ”
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
.
“I
have
sinned,”
Balaam said to
the angel of the LORD, “
for I did
not realize
that you
were
standing
in the road
to
confront
me .
And
now, if this
is
displeasing
in
your
sight
, I will go
back home
. ”
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
.
But
the angel of the LORD said to
Balaam, “
Go with the men ,
but you
are
to
speak
only what
I tell
you
. ”
So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
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.
When Balak heard that Balaam was coming
, he went out to meet him at
the
Moabite
city on
the Arnon
border, at
the edge
of
his
territory
.
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
.
And he
said to
Balaam, “
Did I not send you
an
urgent
summons
? Why
did
you
not come
to
me? Am I really
not able to richly
reward
you
? ”
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
honor
?
“See
, I have
come to
you,”
Balaam
replied,
“but
can
I say just
anything
? I
must
speak
only
the word that God puts
in my mouth. ”
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
.
So
Balaam accompanied
Balak, and they came to
Kiriath-huzoth
.
And
Balaam went
with
Balak, and they came unto
Kirjathhuzoth
.
Balak sacrificed
cattle
and sheep, and he
gave
portions
to Balaam and the princes who
were with him.
And
Balak offered
oxen
and sheep, and sent
to Balaam ,
and to
the princes that
were with him.
The next
morning
, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to
Bamoth-
baal .
From
there
he could
see the outskirts
of
the
camp
of the people.
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.
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