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Numbers 22:1-20

22:1

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

set forward
<05265> (8799)_,

and pitched
<02583> (8799)

in the plains
<06160>

of Moab
<04124>

on this side
<05676>

Jordan
<03383>

[by] Jericho
<03405>_.

22:2

And Balak
<01111>

the son
<01121>

of Zippor
<06834>

saw
<07200> (8799)

all that Israel
<03478>

had done
<06213> (8804)

to the Amorites
<0567>_.

22:3

And Moab
<04124>

was sore
<03966>

afraid
<01481> (8799)

of
<06440>

the people
<05971>_,

because they [were] many
<07227>_:

and Moab
<04124>

was distressed
<06973> (8799)

because of
<06440>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_.

22:4

And Moab
<04124>

said
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unto the elders
<02205>

of Midian
<04080>_,

Now shall this company
<06951>

lick up
<03897> (8762)

all [that are] round about
<05439>

us, as the ox
<07794>

licketh up
<03897> (8800)

the grass
<03418>

of the field
<07704>_.

And Balak
<01111>

the son
<01121>

of Zippor
<06834>

[was] king
<04428>

of the Moabites
<04124>

at that time
<06256>_.

22:5

He sent
<07971> (8799)

messengers
<04397>

therefore unto Balaam
<01109>

the son
<01121>

of Beor
<01160>

to Pethor
<06604>_,

which [is] by the river
<05104>

of the land
<0776>

of the children
<01121>

of his people
<05971>_,

to call
<07121> (8800)

him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold, there is a people
<05971>

come out
<03318> (8804)

from Egypt
<04714>_:

behold, they cover
<03680> (8765)

the face
<05869>

of the earth
<0776>_,

and they abide
<03427> (8802)

over against
<04136>

me: {face: Heb. eye}

22:6

Come
<03212> (8798)

now therefore, I pray thee, curse
<0779> (8798)

me this people
<05971>_;

for they [are] too mighty
<06099>

for me: peradventure I shall prevail
<03201> (8799)_,

[that] we may smite
<05221> (8686)

them, and [that] I may drive them out
<01644> (8762)

of the land
<0776>_:

for I wot
<03045> (8804)

that he whom thou blessest
<01288> (8762)

[is] blessed
<01288> (8794)_,

and he whom thou cursest
<0779> (8799)

is cursed
<0779> (8714)_.

22:7

And the elders
<02205>

of Moab
<04124>

and the elders
<02205>

of Midian
<04080>

departed
<03212> (8799)

with the rewards of divination
<07081>

in their hand
<03027>_;

and they came
<0935> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

and spake
<01696> (8762)

unto him the words
<01697>

of Balak
<01111>_.

22:8

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Lodge
<03885> (8798)

here this night
<03915>_,

and I will bring
<07725> (0)

you word
<01697>

again
<07725> (8689)_,

as the LORD
<03068>

shall speak
<01696> (8762)

unto me: and the princes
<08269>

of Moab
<04124>

abode
<03427> (8799)

with Balaam
<01109>_.

22:9

And God
<0430>

came
<0935> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

What men
<0582>

[are] these with thee?

22:10

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto God
<0430>_,

Balak
<01111>

the son
<01121>

of Zippor
<06834>_,

king
<04428>

of Moab
<04124>_,

hath sent
<07971> (8804)

unto me, [saying],

22:11

Behold, [there is] a people
<05971>

come out
<03318> (8802)

of Egypt
<04714>_,

which covereth
<03680> (8762)

the face
<05869>

of the earth
<0776>_:

come
<03212> (8798)

now, curse
<06895> (8798)

me them; peradventure I shall be able
<03201> (8799)

to overcome
<03898> (8736)

them, and drive them out
<01644> (8765)_.

{I shall...: Heb. I shall prevail in fighting against him}

22:12

And God
<0430>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

Thou shalt not go
<03212> (8799)

with them; thou shalt not curse
<0779> (8799)

the people
<05971>_:

for they [are] blessed
<01288> (8803)_.

22:13

And Balaam
<01109>

rose up
<06965> (8799)

in the morning
<01242>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto the princes
<08269>

of Balak
<01111>_,

Get
<03212> (8798)

you into your land
<0776>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

refuseth
<03985> (8765)

to give me leave
<05414> (8800)

to go
<01980> (8800)

with you.

22:14

And the princes
<08269>

of Moab
<04124>

rose up
<06965> (8799)_,

and they went
<0935> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Balaam
<01109>

refuseth
<03985> (8765)

to come
<01980> (8800)

with us.

22:15

And Balak
<01111>

sent
<07971> (8800)

yet again
<03254> (8686)

princes
<08269>_,

more
<07227>_,

and more honourable
<03513> (8737)

than they.

22:16

And they came
<0935> (8799)

to Balaam
<01109>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

to him, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

Balak
<01111>

the son
<01121>

of Zippor
<06834>_,

Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder
<04513> (8735)

thee from coming
<01980> (8800)

unto me: {Let...: Heb. Be not thou hindered from, etc}

22:17

For I will promote
<03513> (0)

thee unto very
<03966>

great
<03513> (8763)

honour
<03513> (8762)_,

and I will do
<06213> (8799)

whatsoever thou sayest
<0559> (8799)

unto me: come
<03212> (8798)

therefore, I pray thee, curse
<06895> (8798)

me this people
<05971>_.

22:18

And Balaam
<01109>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto the servants
<05650>

of Balak
<01111>_,

If Balak
<01111>

would give
<05414> (8799)

me his house
<01004>

full
<04393>

of silver
<03701>

and gold
<02091>_,

I cannot
<03201> (8799)

go beyond
<05674> (8800)

the word
<06310>

of the LORD
<03068>

my God
<0430>_,

to do
<06213> (8800)

less
<06996>

or more
<01419>_.

22:19

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry
<03427> (8798)

ye also here this night
<03915>_,

that I may know
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what the LORD
<03068>

will say
<01696> (8763)

unto me more
<03254> (8686)_.

22:20

And God
<0430>

came
<0935> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>

at night
<03915>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, If the men
<0582>

come
<0935> (8804)

to call
<07121> (8800)

thee, rise up
<06965> (8798)_,

[and] go
<03212> (8798)

with them; but yet
<0389>

the word
<01697>

which I shall say
<01696> (8762)

unto thee, that shalt thou do
<06213> (8799)_.