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Numbers 22:23-30

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.

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