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| Numbers 22:1 | And they went forward and encamped in the plains of Moab, over against where Jericho is situate beyond the Jordan. | The children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. | And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. |
| Numbers 22:2 | And Balac the son of Sephor, seeing all that Israel had done to the Amorrhite, | Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. | And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. |
| Numbers 22:3 | And that the Moabites were in great fear of him, and were not able to sustain his assault, | Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. | And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. |
| Numbers 22:4 | He said to the elders of Madian: So will this people destroy all that dwell in our borders, as the ox is wont to eat the grass to the very roots. Now he was at that time king in Moab. | Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. | And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. |
| Numbers 22:5 | He sent therefore messengers to Balaam the son of Beer, a soothsayer, who dwelt by the river of the land of the children of Ammon, to call him, and to say: Behold a people is come out of Egypt, that hath covered the face of the earth, sitting over against me. | He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they abide over against me. | And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me. |
| Numbers 22:6 | Come therefore, and curse this people, because it is mightier than I: if by any means I may beat them and drive them out of my land: for I know that he whom thou shalt bless is blessed, and he whom thou shalt curse is cursed. | Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed. | Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. |
| Numbers 22:7 | And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of Madian, went with the price of divination in their hands. And when they were come to Balaam, and had told him all the words of Balac: | The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. | And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. |
| Numbers 22:8 | He answered: Tarry here this night, and I will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him: | He said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. | And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Jehovah shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. |
| Numbers 22:9 | What mean these men that are with thee? | God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you? | And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? |
| Numbers 22:10 | He answered: Balac the son of Sephor king of the Moabites hath sent to me, | Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, [saying], | And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, [saying], |
| Numbers 22:11 | Saying: Behold a people that is come out of Egypt, hath covered the face of the land: come and curse them, if by any means I may fight with them and drive them away. | Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers the surface of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out. | Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out. |
| Numbers 22:12 | And God said to Balaam : Thou shalt not go with them, nor shalt thou curse the people: because it is blessed. | God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people; for they are blessed. | And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed. |
| Numbers 22:13 | And he rose in the morning and said to the princes: Go into your country, because the Lord hath forbid me to come with you. | Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Yahweh refuses to give me leave to go with you. | And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you. |
| Numbers 22:14 | The princes returning, said to Balac: Balaam would not come with us. | The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us. | And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. |
| Numbers 22:15 | Then he sent many more and more noble than he had sent before: | Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they. | And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they. |
| Numbers 22:16 | Who, when they were come to Balaam, said: Thus saith Balac the son of Sephor, Delay not to come to me: | They came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me: | 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: |
| Numbers 22:17 | For I am ready to honour thee, and will give thee whatsoever thou wilt: come and curse this people. | for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me. | for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. |
| Numbers 22:18 | Balaam answered: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my God, to speak either more or less. | Balaam answered the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more. | 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 Jehovah my God, to do less or more. |
| Numbers 22:19 | I pray you to stay here this night also, that I may know what the Lord will answer me once more. | Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what Yahweh will speak to me more. | Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more. |
| Numbers 22:20 | God therefore came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: It these men be come to call thee, arise and go with them: yet so, that thou do what I shall command thee. | God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men are come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that shall you do. | And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do. |
| Numbers 22:21 | Balaam arose in the morning, and saddling his ass went with them. | Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab. | And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. |
| Numbers 22:22 | And God was angry. And an angel of the Lord stood in the way against Balaam, who sat on the ass, and had two servants with him. | God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Yahweh placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. | And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Jehovah placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. |
| Numbers 22:23 | The ass seeing the angel standing in the way, with a drawn sword, turned herself out of the way, and went into the field. And when Balaam beat her, and had a mind to bring her again to the way, | The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the way. | And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with 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. |
| Numbers 22:24 | The angel stood in a narrow place between two walls, wherewith the vineyards were enclosed. | Then the angel of Yahweh stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. | Then the angel of Jehovah stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. |
| Numbers 22:25 | And the ass seeing him, thrust herself close to the wall, and bruised the foot of the rider. But he beat her again: | The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he struck her again. | And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. |
| Numbers 22:26 | And nevertheless the angel going on to a narrow place, where there was no way to turn aside either to the right hand or to the left, stood to meet him. | The angel of Yahweh went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. | And the angel of Jehovah went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. |
| Numbers 22:27 | And when the ass saw the angel standing, she fell under the feet of the rider: who being angry beat her sides more vehemently with a staff. | The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff. | And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff. |
| Numbers 22:28 | And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said: What have I done to thee? Why strikest thou me, lo, now this third time? | Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times? | And Jehovah 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? |
| Numbers 22:29 | Balaam answered: Because thou hast deserved it, and hast served me ill: I would I had a sword that I might kill thee. | Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have mocked me, I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed you. | And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me, I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee. |
| Numbers 22:30 | The ass said: Am not I thy beast, on which thou hast been always accustomed to ride until this present day? tell me if I ever did the like thing to thee. But he said: Never. | The donkey said to Balaam, Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? was I ever wont to do so to you? and he said, No. | And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? and he said, Nay. |
| Numbers 22:31 | Forthwith the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel standing in the way with a drawn sword, and he worshipped him falling flat on the ground. | Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face. | Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face. |
| Numbers 22:32 | And the angel said to him: Why beatest thou thy ass these three times? I am come to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse, and contrary to me: | The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because your way is perverse before me: | And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is perverse before me: |
| Numbers 22:33 | And unless the ass had turned out of the way, giving place to me who stood against thee, I had slain thee, and she should have lived. | and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain you, and saved her alive. | and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive. |
| Numbers 22:34 | Balaam said: I have sinned, not knowing that thou didst stand against me: and now if it displease thee that I go, I will return. | Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, I have sinned; for I didn't know that you stood in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease you, I will get me back again. | And Balaam said unto the angel of Jehovah, 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. |
| Numbers 22:35 | The angel said: Go with these men, and see thou speak no other thing than what I shall command thee. He went therefore with the princes. | The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. | And the angel of Jehovah said unto Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. |
| Numbers 22:36 | And when Balac heard it he came forth to meet him in a town of the Moabites, that is situate in the uttermost borders of Arnon. | When Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border. | And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border. |
| Numbers 22:37 | And he said to Balaam: I sent messengers to call thee, why didst thou not come immediately to me? was it because I am not able to reward thy coming? | Balak said to Balaam, Didn't I earnestly send to you to call you? why didn't you come to me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honor? | And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor? |
| Numbers 22:38 | He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth? | Balaam said to Balak, Behold, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak. | And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. |
| Numbers 22:39 | So they went on together, and came into a city, that was in the uttermost borders of his kingdom. | Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth. | And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth. |
| Numbers 22:40 | And when Balac had killed oxen and sheep, he sent presents to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. | Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him. | And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. |
| Numbers 22:41 | And when morning was come, he brought him to the high places of Baal, and he beheld the uttermost part of the people. | It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people. | And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people. |
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