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dixitque Balaam ad Balac aedifica mihi hic septem aras etpara totidem vitulos eiusdemque numeri arietes

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cumque fecisset iuxta sermonem Balaam inposuerunt simulvitulum et arietem super aram

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dixitque Balaam ad Balac sta paulisper iuxta holocaustumtuum donec vadam si forte occurrat mihi Dominus et quodcumqueimperaverit loquar tibi

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cumque abisset velociter occurrit ei Deus locutusque ad eumBalaam septem inquit aras erexi et inposui vitulum et arietemdesuper

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Dominus autem posuit verbum in ore eius et ait revertere adBalac et haec loqueris

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reversus invenit stantem Balac iuxta holocaustum suum etomnes principes Moabitarum

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adsumptaque parabola sua dixit de Aram adduxit me Balac rexMoabitarum de montibus orientis veni inquit et maledic Iacobpropera et detestare Israhel

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quomodo maledicam cui non maledixit Deus qua rationedetester quem Dominus non detestatur

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de summis silicibus videbo eum et de collibus consideraboillum populus solus habitabit et inter gentes non reputabitur

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quis dinumerare possit pulverem Iacob et nosse numerumstirpis Israhel moriatur anima mea morte iustorum et fiantnovissima mea horum similia

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dixitque Balac ad Balaam quid est hoc quod agis utmalediceres inimicis vocavi te et tu e contrario benedicis eis

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cui ille respondit num aliud possum loqui nisi quodiusserit Dominus

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dixit ergo Balac veni mecum in alterum locum unde partemIsrahelis videas et totum videre non possis inde maledicito ei

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cumque duxisset eum in locum sublimem super verticemmontis Phasga aedificavit Balaam septem aras et inpositis supravitulo atque ariete

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dixit ad Balac sta hic iuxta holocaustum tuum donec egopergam obvius

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cui cum Dominus occurrisset posuissetque verbum in oreeius ait revertere ad Balac et haec loqueris ei

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reversus invenit eum stantem iuxta holocaustum suum etprincipes Moabitarum cum eo ad quem Balac quid inquit locutusest Dominus

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at ille adsumpta parabola sua ait sta Balac et auscultaaudi fili Sepphor

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non est Deus quasi homo ut mentiatur nec ut filius hominisut mutetur dixit ergo et non faciet locutus est et non implebit

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ad benedicendum adductus sum benedictionem prohibere nonvaleo

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non est idolum in Iacob nec videtur simulacrum in IsrahelDominus Deus eius cum eo est et clangor victoriae regis in illo

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Deus eduxit eum de Aegypto cuius fortitudo similis estrinocerotis

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non est augurium in Iacob nec divinatio in Israheltemporibus suis dicetur Iacob et Israheli quid operatus sitDeus

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ecce populus ut leaena consurget et quasi leo erigetur nonaccubabit donec devoret praedam et occisorum sanguinem bibat

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dixitque Balac ad Balaam nec maledicas ei nec benedicas

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et ille nonne ait dixi tibi quod quicquid mihi Deusimperaret hoc facerem

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et ait Balac ad eum veni et ducam te ad alium locum siforte placeat Deo ut inde maledicas eis

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cumque duxisset eum super verticem montis Phogor quirespicit solitudinem

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dixit ei Balaam aedifica mihi hic septem aras et paratotidem vitulos eiusdemque numeri arietes

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fecit Balac ut Balaam dixerat inposuitque vitulos etarietes per singulas aras

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023:001
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

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

023:003
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 showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

023:004
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.

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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!

023:011
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.

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

023:013
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.

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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.

023:015
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

023:016
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

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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?

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

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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?

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

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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.

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

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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!

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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.

023:025
And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

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

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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.

023:028
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

023:029
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

023:030
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

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