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now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
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And
God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they
are
blessed.
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And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into
your land: for the L
ORD
refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
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And the princes of Moab rose
up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
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And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
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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:
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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.
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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 L
ORD
my God, to do less or more.
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Now therefore, I
pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the L
ORD
will say unto me more.
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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.
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And Balaam
rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
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And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the L
ORD
stood in the way
for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants
were
with him.
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And the ass saw the angel of the L
ORD
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.
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But the angel of the L
ORD
stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall
being
on this side,
and a wall on that side.
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And when the ass saw the angel of the L
ORD
, she thrust herself unto the
wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
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And the angel of the
L
ORD
went further, and stood in a narrow place, where
was
no way to turn either to the right hand
or to the left.
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And when the ass saw the angel of the L
ORD
, she fell down under Balaam: and
Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
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And the L
ORD
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?
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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.
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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.
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Then the L
ORD
opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel
of the L
ORD
standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head,
and fell flat on his face.
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And the angel of the L
ORD
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:
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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.
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And Balaam said unto the angel of the
L
ORD
, 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.
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And the angel of the L
ORD
said unto Balaam, Go with
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