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Numbers 22:21-35

21AndBalaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109roseH6965upinthemorningבַּבֹּ֔קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242,andsaddledH2280hisass,andwentwiththeprincesH8269ofMoabמוֹאָֽב׃mo.'AvH4124.

22AndGod’sangerאַ֣ף'afH639waskindledbecausehewentH1980;andtheangelמַלְאַ֧ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahplacedhimselfinthewayH1870foranadversaryלְשָׂטָ֣ןle.sa.TanH7854againsthim.Nowhewasridingרֹכֵ֣בro.KhevH7392uponhisass,andhistwoוּשְׁנֵ֥יu.she.NeiH8147servantsנְעָרָ֖יוne.'a.RavH5288werewithhim.

23AndtheasssawH7200theangelמַלְאַ֨ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahstandingנִצָּ֣בni.TzavH5324inthewayH1870,withhisswordוְחַרְבּ֤וֹve.char.BoH2719drawnH8025inhishandבְּיָד֔וֹbe.ya.DoH3027;andtheassturnedH5186asideוַתֵּ֤טva.TetH5186outofthewayH1870,andwentintothefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֑הba.sa.DehH7704:andBalaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109smotetheass,toturnלְהַטֹּתָ֖הּle.ha.to.TahH5186herintothewayH1870.

24Thentheangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahstoodH5975inanarrowpathbetweenthevineyardsהַכְּרָמִ֑יםha.ke.ra.MimH3754,awallגָּדֵ֥רga.DerH1447beingonthisside,andawallוְגָדֵ֥רve.ga.DerH1447onthatside.

25AndtheasssawH7200theangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovah,andshethrustherself untothewallהַקִּ֔ירha.KirH7023,andcrushedBalaam’sfootרֶ֥גֶלRe.gelH7272againstthewallהַקִּ֑ירha.KirH7023:andhesmoteheragain.

26Andtheangelמַלְאַךְ־mal.'akh-H4397ofJehovahwentfurther,andstoodH5975inanarrowplaceבְּמָק֣וֹםbe.ma.KomH4725,whereאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834wasnowayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870toturnלִנְט֖וֹתlin.TotH5186eithertotherightיָמִ֥יןya.MinH3225handH3225ortotheleft.

27AndtheasssawH7200theangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovah,andshelayH7257downH5221underBalaamH1109:andBalaam’sangerאַ֣ף'afH639waskindled,andhesmotetheasswithhisstaffH4731.

28AndJehovahopenedוַיִּפְתַּ֥חvai.yif.TachH6605themouthפִּ֣יpiH6310oftheass,andshesaidH559untoBalaamלְבִלְעָם֙le.vil.'AmH1109,WhathaveIdoneunto thee,thatthou hastsmittenmethesethreeשָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshH7969times?

29AndBalaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109saidH559untotheass,Becausethou hast mockedme:Iwouldtherewereaswordחֶ֙רֶב֙che.revH2719inmyhandבְּיָדִ֔יbe.ya.DiH3027,fornowעַתָּ֖ה'a.TahH6258Ihadkilledהֲרַגְתִּֽיךְ׃ha.rag.TikhH2026thee.

30AndtheasssaidH559untoBalaamבִּלְעָ֗םbil.'AmH1109,AmnotIthine ass,uponwhichthou hastriddenH7392allthylifelonguntothisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117?wasIeverwonttodosounto thee?andhesaidH559, Nay.

31ThenJehovahopenedtheeyesעֵינֵ֣י'ei.NeiH5869ofBalaamבִלְעָם֒vil.'AmH1109,andhesawH7200theangelמַלְאַ֤ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahstandingנִצָּ֣בni.TzavH5324inthewayH1870,withhisswordוְחַרְבּ֥וֹve.char.BoH2719drawnH8025inhishandבְּיָד֑וֹbe.ya.DoH3027;andhebowedוַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvai.yish.Ta.chuH7812hishead,andfellonhisfaceלְאַפָּֽיו׃le.'a.PavH639.

32Andtheangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahsaidH559untohim, Wherefore hast thousmittenthine assthesethreeשָׁל֣וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969times?behold,IamcomeH3318forthH3318foranadversaryלְשָׂטָ֔ןle.sa.TanH7854,becausethywayהַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870isperversebeforeme:

33andtheasssawH7200me,andturnedH5186asideוַתֵּ֣טva.TetH5186beforemethesethreeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969times:unlessshehadturnedH5186asideנָטְתָ֣הna.te.TahH5186fromme,surelynowעַתָּ֛ה'a.TahH6258IhadevenslainH2026thee,andsavedheraliveהֶחֱיֵֽיתִי׃he.che.Yei.tiH2421.

34AndBalaamבִּלְעָ֜םbil.'AmH1109saidH559untotheangelמַלְאַ֤ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovah,IhavesinnedH2398;forIknewH3045notthatthou stoodestinthewayH1870againstme:nowH6258thereforeוְעַתָּ֛הve.'a.TahH6258,ifitdisplease thee,Iwillgetmebackאָשׁ֥וּבָה'a.Shu.vahH7725again.

35Andtheangelמַלְאַ֨ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahsaidH559untoBalaamבִּלְעָ֗םbil.'AmH1109, GowiththemenH376;butonlyוְאֶ֗פֶסve.'E.fesH657thewordהַדָּבָ֛רha.da.VarH1697thatIshallspeakאֲדַבֵּ֥ר'a.da.BerH1696unto thee,thatthou shaltspeakתְדַבֵּ֑רte.da.BerH1696.SoBalaamבִּלְעָ֖םbil.'AmH1109wentwiththeprincesH8269ofBalakבָלָֽק׃va.LakH1111.

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