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Numbers 22:1-6

1AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478journeyed,andencampedוַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vai.ya.cha.NuH2583intheplainsבְּעַֽרְב֣וֹתbe.'ar.VotH6160ofMoabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124beyondtheJordanלְיַרְדֵּ֥ןle.yar.DenH3383atJerichoיְרֵחֽוֹ׃ סye.re.ChoH3405.

2AndBalakבָּלָ֖קba.LakH1111thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZipporצִפּ֑וֹרtzi.PorH6834sawH7200allthatIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478haddonetotheAmoritesH567.

3AndMoabמוֹאָ֜בmo.'AvH4124wassoreafraidוַיָּ֨גָרvai.Ya.gorH1481ofthepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971,becausetheyweremanyH7227:andMoabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124wasdistressedbecauseofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

4AndMoabמוֹאָ֜בmo.'AvH4124saidH559untotheeldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205ofMidianמִדְיָ֗ןmid.YanH4080,Nowעַתָּ֞ה'a.TahH6258willthismultitudelickH3897upallthatisroundH5439aboutus,astheoxהַשּׁ֔וֹרha.ShorH7794lickethupthegrassofthefieldהַשָּׂדֶ֑הha.sa.DehH7704.AndBalakוּבָלָ֧קu.va.LakH1111thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZipporצִפּ֛וֹרtzi.PorH6834waskingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofMoabלְמוֹאָ֖בle.mo.'AvH4124atthattimeבָּעֵ֥תba.'EtH6256.

5AndhesentH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֜יםmal.'a.KhimH4397untoBalaamבִּלְעָ֣םbil.'AmH1109thesonH1121ofBeorבְּע֗וֹרbe.'orH1160,toPethor,whichisbytheRiverהַנָּהָ֛רha.na.HarH5104,tothelandH776ofthechildrenofhispeopleעַמּ֖וֹa.MoH5971,tocallH7121him,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Behold,thereisapeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971comeיָצָ֤אya.Tza'H3318outfromEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714:behold,theycoverכִסָּה֙khi.SahH3680thefaceoftheearthH776,andtheyabideoveragainstme.

6ComenowH6258thereforeוְעַתָּה֩ve.'a.TahH6258,Ipraythee,curseH779methispeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971;fortheyaretoomightyעָצ֥וּם'a.TzumH6099forme: peradventureIshallprevailH3201,thatwemaysmitethem,andthatImaydriveוַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּva.'a.ga.re.She.nuH1644themoutofthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776;forIknowיָדַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045thathewhomthou blessestisblessedH1288,andhewhomthou cursestiscursedH779.

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