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Numbers 22:27-31

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.

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