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Numbers 22:30-41

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.

36AndwhenBalakבָּלָ֖קba.LakH1111heardH8085thatBalaamבִלְעָ֑םvil.'AmH1109wascomeבָ֣אva'H935,hewentH3318outtomeethimuntotheCityעִ֣יר'irH5892ofMoabמוֹאָ֗בmo.'AvH4124,whichisontheborderH1366oftheArnonאַרְנֹ֔ן'ar.NonH769,whichisintheutmostpartoftheborderH1366.

37AndBalakבָּלָ֜קba.LakH1111saidH559untoBalaamבִּלְעָ֗םbil.'AmH1109,DidInotearnestlysendH7971unto theetocallH7121thee? wherefore camest thounotuntome?amInotableאוּכַ֖ל'u.KhalH3201indeedtopromote theetohonorכַּבְּדֶֽךָ׃ka.be.De.khaH3513?

38AndBalaamבִּלְעָ֜םbil.'AmH1109saidH559untoBalakבָּלָ֗קba.LakH1111,Lo,Iamcomeבָ֙אתִי֙va.tiH935unto thee:haveInowעַתָּ֕ה'a.TahH6258anypoweratalltospeakדַּבֵּ֣רda.BerH1696anythingH1697?thewordהַדָּבָ֗רha.da.VarH1697thatGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430puttethinmymouthבְּפִ֖יbe.FiH6310,thatshallIspeakאֲדַבֵּֽר׃'a.da.BerH1696.

39AndBalaamבִּלְעָ֖םbil.'AmH1109wentH935withBalakבָּלָ֑קba.LakH1111,andtheycameH935untoKiriath-huzoth.

40AndBalakבָּלָ֖קba.LakH1111sacrificedH2076oxenH1241andsheepוָצֹ֑אןva.TzonH6629,andsentH7971toBalaamלְבִלְעָ֔םle.vil.'AmH1109,andtotheprincesH8269thatwerewithhim.

41Anditcametopassinthemorningבַבֹּ֔קֶרva.Bo.kerH1242,thatBalakבָּלָק֙ba.LakH1111tookH3947Balaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmH1109,andbroughtH5927himupintothehigh placesofBaal;andhesawH7200fromthencetheutmost partofthepeopleהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971.

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