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Numbers 22:6-11

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.

7Andtheeldersזִקְנֵ֤יzik.NeiH2205ofMoabמוֹאָב֙mo.'AvH4124andtheeldersוְזִקְנֵ֣יve.zik.NeiH2205ofMidianמִדְיָ֔ןmid.YanH4080departedwiththerewardsofdivinationוּקְסָמִ֖יםu.ke.sa.MimH7081intheirhandבְּיָדָ֑םbe.ya.DamH3027;andtheycameH935untoBalaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmH1109,andspake untohimthewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofBalakבָלָֽק׃va.LakH1111.

8AndhesaidH559untothem, Lodgehereפֹה֙fohH6311thisnightהַלַּ֔יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915,andIwillbringוַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֤יva.ha.shi.vo.TiH7725youwordדָּבָ֔רda.VarH1697again,asJehovahshallspeakיְדַבֵּ֥רye.da.BerH1696untome:andtheprincesH8269ofMoabמוֹאָ֖בmo.'AvH4124abodewithBalaamבִּלְעָֽם׃bil.'AmH1109.

9AndGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430cameH935untoBalaamבִּלְעָ֑םbil.'AmH1109,andsaidH559,WhatmenH376arethesewiththee?

10AndBalaamבִּלְעָ֖םbil.'AmH1109saidH559untoGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,Balakבָּלָ֧קba.LakH1111thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZipporצִפֹּ֛רtzi.PorH6834,kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofMoabמוֹאָ֖בmo.'AvH4124, hathsentH7971untome,sayingH559,

11Behold,thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971thatiscomeהַיֹּצֵ֣אhai.yo.Tze'H3318outofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,itcovereththefaceoftheearthH776:nowעַתָּ֗ה'a.TahH6258,comeH3318curseקָֽבָה־ka.vah-H6895methem; peradventureIshallbeableאוּכַ֛ל'u.KhalH3201tofightH3898againstthem,andshalldriveוְגֵרַשְׁתִּֽיו׃ve.ge.rash.TivH1644themout.

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