37 And Balak faid unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? Wherefore cameft thou not unto me? Am I not able indeed to promote thee to Honour ? 38 And Balaam faid unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee have I now any Power at all to fay any thing? the Word that God putteth in my Mouth, that fhall I fpeak. : 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-Huzoth. 40 And Balak offered Oxen and Sheep, and fent to Balaam, and to the Princes that were with him. 41 And it came to pafs on the Morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high Places of Baal, that thence he might fee the utmost part of the People. CHA P. XXIII. 1, 13, 28 Balak's Sacrifice. 7, 18 Balaam's Parable. Ver. 15 with me unto another Place, from whence thou ND Balak faid unto him, Come, I pray thee, mayeft fee them: thou fhalt fee but the utmost Part of them, and fhalt not fee them all and curfe me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the Field of Zophim, to the Top of Pifgah, and built feven Altars, and offered a Bullock and a Ram on every Altar. 15 And he faid unto Balak, Stand here by thy Burntoffering, while I meet the LORD yonder. 16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a Word in his Mouth, and faid, Go again unto Balak, and fay thus. 17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his Burnt-offering, and the Princes of Moab with him. And Balak faid unto him, What hath the LORD fpoken? 18 And he took up his Parable, and faid, Rife up Balak, and hear; hearken unto me thou Son of Zippor; 19 GOD is not a Man, that he fhould lie, neither the Son of Man, that he fhould repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he fpoken, and fhall he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received Commandment to bless; and he hath blefled, and I cannot reverse it. 21 He hath not beheld Iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he feen Perverfenefs in Ifrael, the LORD his GOD is with him, and the Shout of a King is among them. E e 22 GOD 22 GOD brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the Strength of an Unicorn. 23 Surely there is no Enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any Divination against Ifrael: according to this Time it fhall be faid of Jacob, and of Ifrael, What hath GOD wrought? 24 Behold the People fhall rife up as a great Lion, and lift up himself as a young Lion: he fhall not lie down until he eat of the Prey, and drink the Blood of the flain. 25 And Balak faid unto Balaam, Neither curfe them at all, nor blefs them at all. 26 But Balaam anfwered and faid unto Balak, Told not I thee, faying, All that the LORD fpeaketh, that I must do? 27 And Balak faid unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another Place; peradventure it will pleafe GOD, that thou mayeft curfe me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the Top of Peor, that looketh toward Jefhimon. 29 And Balaam faid unto Balak, Build me here seven Altars, and prepare me here feven Bullocks and feven Rams. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had faid, and offered a Bullock and a Ram on every Altar. Ver. 1 A CHAP. XXIV. Balaam prophefieth Ifrael's Happiness. NDw when Balaam faw that it pleafed the LORD to blefs Ifrael, he went not as at other Times, to feek for Enchantments, but he fet his Face toward the Wilderness. 2 And Balaam lift up his Eyes, and he faw Ifrael abiding in his Tents according to their Tribes, and the Spirit of GoD came upon him. w Micah vi. 3 Ŏ my People, what have 1 wearied thee teftify againft have I done unto thee, and wherein me. 4 For I brought thee up out of the out of the Houfe of Servants, and I Land of Egypt, and REDEEMED thee fent before thee MOSES, AARON, and MIRIAM. what BALAK King of Moab confulted, OUSNESS of the LORD. 3 And he took up his Parable, and faid, Balaam the Son of Beor hath faid, and the Man whofe Eyes are open hath faid: 4 He hath faid, which heard the WORDS of God, which faw the Vifion of the Almighty, falling into a TRANCE, but having his Eyes open : 5 How goodly are thy Tents, O Jacob, and thy Tabernacles, O Ifrael! 6 As the Valleys are they spread forth, as Gardens by the River-fide, as the Trees of Lign-Aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as Cedar-trees befide the Waters. 7 He fhall pour the Water out of his Buckets, and his Seed shall be in many Waters, and his King fhall be higher than Agag, and his Kingdom fhall be exalted. 8 GOD brought him forth out of Egypt, he hath as it were the Strength of an Unicorn: he fhall eat up the Nations his Enemics, and fhall break their Bones, and pierce them through with his Arrows. 9 He couched, he lay down as a Lion, and as a great Lion, who fhall ftir him up? Bleffed is he that blefleth thee, and curfed is he that curfeth thee. 10 And Balak's Anger was kindled against Balaam, and he fmote his Hands together and Balak faid unto Balaam, I called thee to curfe mine Enemies, and behold, thou haft altogether bleffed them thefe three Times. II Therefore now flee thou to thy Place: I thought to promote thee unto great Honour, but lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from Honour' 12 And Balaam faid unto Balak, Spake I not alfo to thy Meflengers, which thou fenteft unto me, faying, 13 If Balak would give me his Houfe full of Silver and Gold, I cannot go beyond the Commandment of the LORD, to do either Good or Bad of mine own Mind; but what the LORD faith, that will I fpeak? 14 And now, behold, I go unto my People: come there fore, and I will advertise thee what this People fhall do to thy People in the latter Days. 15 And he took up his Parable, and faid, Balaam the Son of Beor hath faid, and the Man whofe Eyes are open, hath faid: 16 He hath faid, which heard the WORDS of GOD, and KNEW the KNOWLEDGE of the MOST HIGH, which faw the VISION of the ALMIGHTY, falling into a TRANCE, but having his Eyes open: Matth. ii. When Jesus was born I 17 I fhall fee him, but not now; fhall behold him, in Bethlehem of Judea, in the Days E c 2 but but not nigh: there fhall come a STAR out of JACOB, and a SCEPTRE fhall rife out of ISRAEL, and fhall fmite the Corners of Moab, and deftroy all the Children of Sheth. 18 And Edom fhall be a Poffeffion, Seir alfo fhall be a Poffeffion for his Enemies, and Ifrael fhall do valiantly. of Herod the King, behold, there came * WISE MEN from the EAST to Jerufalem, 2 Saying, Where is be that is BORN KING of the Jews? for we have feen his STAR in the EAST, and are come to WORSHIP HIM. 9 And lo, the STAR which they faw in the EAST, went before them, till it came and ftood over where the young Child was. 10 When they faw the STAR, they rejoyced with exceeding great Joy. 19 Out of Jacob fhall come he that fhall have Dominion, and fhall deftroy him that remaineth of the City. 20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his Parable, and faid, Amalek was the firft of the Nations, but his latter End fhall be that he perish for ever: 21 And he looked on the Kenites; and took up his Parable, and faid, Strong is thy Dwelling-place, and thou putteft thy Neft in a Rock. 22 Nevertheless, the Kenite fhall be wafted, until Afhur fhall carry thee away Captive. 23 And he took up his Parable, and faid, Alas, who fhall live when GOD doth this! 24 And Ships fhall come from the Coaft of Chittim, and fhall afflict Afhur, and fhall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. 25 And Balaam rofe up and went and returned to his Place and Balak alfo went his way. CHA P. XXV. 1 The Ifraelites Whoredom and Idolatry. 6 Zimri and Cozbi flain. Ver. 1 AND & Ifrael abode Shittim, and the People began to commit Whoredom with the Daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the People unto the Sacrifices of Pfal. cvi. 26 He lifted up his Hand against them, to OVERTHROW them in the Wilderness. 27 To overthrow their Seed alfo among the Nations, and to featter them in the Lands. 28 They joined themselves alfo unto Baal peor, and ate the Sacrifices of the Dead. * Or Magi. their Gods and the People did eat, and bowed down to their Gods. 29 Thus they provoked him to Anger with their INVENTIONS: and the Plague brake in upon them. 3 And Ifrael joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the Anger of the LORD was kindled against Ifrael. 4 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Take all the Heads of the People, and hang them up before the LORD against the Sun, that the fierce Anger of the LORD may be turned away from Ifrael. 5 And Mofes faid unto the Judges of Ifracl, Slay ye every one his Men, that were joined unto Baal-peor. 6 And behold, one of the Children of Ifrael came, and brought unto his Brethren a Midianitifh Woman, in the Sight of Mofes, and in the Sight of all the Congregation of the Children of Ifrael, who were weeping before the Door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 7 And when PHINEHAS the Son of Eleazar, the Son of Aaron the Priest faw it, Pfal. cvi. 30 Then stood up PHINEAS, and executed JUDGMENT: and fo the Plague was stayed. he rose up from amongst the Congregation, and took a Javelin in his Hand. 8 And he went after the Man of Ifrael into the Tent, and thrust both of them through, the Man of Ifrael, and the Woman through her Belly: So the Plague was stayed from the Children of Ifrael. 9 And thofe that died in the Plague, were twenty and four thoufand. 10 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying, 11 Phinehas the Son of Eleazar, the Son of Aaron the Prieft, hath turned my Wrath away from the Children of Ifrael (while he was zealous for my Sake among them) that I confumed not the Children of Ifrael in my Jealousy. 12 Wherefore fay, Behold, I give unto him my Covenant of Peace. 13 And he fhall have it, and his Seed after him, even the Covenant of an everlasting Priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an Atonement for the Children of Ifrael. 14 Now the Name of the Ifraelite that was flain, even that was flain with the Midianitish Woman, was Zimri the Son of Salu, a Prince of a chief House among the Simeonites. 15 And the Name of the Midianitifh Woman that was |