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Números 23

1 And Balaam sayd vnto Balak, Builde me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes.

2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; andFor among the Gentiles the kings often used to sacrifice, as did the priests.Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram.

3 Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Stande by the burnt offring, and I will goe, if so be that the Lorde will come and meete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell thee: so he went forth alone.

4 And GodAppeared to him.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 LORDTaught him what to say.put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

6 So when he returned vnto him, loe, hee stoode by his burnt offering, 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,Cause everyone to hate and detest them.defy Israel.

8 How shal I curse, where God hath not cursed? or howe shall I detest, where the Lorde hath not detested?

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 theBut shall have religion and laws apart.nations.

10 Who can count theThe infinite multitude, as the dust of the earth.dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let meThe fear of God's judgment caused him to wish to be joined to the household of Abraham: thus the wicked have their consciences wounded when they consider God's judgments.die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

11 Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, What hast thou done vnto mee? I tooke thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them altogether.

12 And he answered, and said, Must I not take heede to speake that, which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

13 And Balak sayde vnto him, Come, I pray thee, with mee vnto another place, whence thou mayest see them, & thou shalt see but the vtmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: therefore curse them out of that place for my sake.

14 And he brought him into Sede-sophim to the top of Pisgah, and built seuen altars, and offred a bullocke, and a ramme on euery altar.

15 After, he sayde vnto Balak, Stande here by thy burnt offring, & I wil meete the Lord yonder.

16 And the Lord mette Balaam, and put an answere in his mouth, and sayd, Goe againe vnto Balak, and say thus.

17 And when he came to him, beholde, hee stoode by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him: so Balak sayde vnto him, What hath the Lord sayd?

18 And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor.

19 God's enemies are compelled to confess that his government is just, constant, and without change or repentance.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 haue receiued commandement to blesse: for he hath blessed, and I cannot alter it.

21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God [is] with him, and theThey triumph as victorious kings over their enemies.shout of a king [is] among them.

22 God brought them out of Egypt: their strength is as an vnicorne.

23 Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel:Considering what God will work this time for the deliverance of his people, all the world will wonder.according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

24 Behold, the people shal rise vp as a lyon, & lift vp himselfe as a yong lyon: hee shall not lye downe, till he eate of the pray, and till he drinke the blood of the slayne.

25 Then Balak sayde vnto Balaam, Neither curse, nor blesse them at all.

26 But Balaam answered, & saide vnto Balak, Tolde not I thee, saying, All that the Lorde speaketh, that must I do?

27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto anotherThus the wicked imagine of God that what he will not grant in one place, he will do in another.place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

28 So Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshmon.

29 Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Make me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullocks, and seuen rammes.

30 And Balak did as Balaam had sayd, and offred a bullocke and a ram on euery altar.

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