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Numbers 22:1-6

1AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478journeyed,andencampedוַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙vai.ya.cha.NuH2583intheplainsבְּעַֽרְב֣וֹתbe.'ar.VotH6160ofMoabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124ontheotherמֵעֵ֖בֶרme.'E.verH5676sideH5676oftheJordanלְיַרְדֵּ֥ןle.yar.DenH3383fromJerichoיְרֵחֽוֹ׃ סye.re.ChoH3405.

2AndBalakבָּלָ֖קba.LakH1111thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZipporצִפּ֑וֹרtzi.PorH6834sawH7200allthatIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478haddonetotheAmoritesH567.

3AndMoabמוֹאָ֜בmo.'AvH4124wasmuchH7227afraidוַיָּ֨גָרvai.Ya.gorH1481ofthepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971,becausetheyweremanyH7227;andMoabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124wasdistressedbecauseofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

4AndMoabמוֹאָ֜בmo.'AvH4124saidH559totheeldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205ofMidianמִדְיָ֗ןmid.YanH4080,Nowעַתָּ֞ה'a.TahH6258willthiscompanyהַקָּהָל֙ha.ka.HalH6951lickH3897upallthatisroundH5439aboutus,asanoxהַשּׁ֔וֹרha.ShorH7794licksH3897upthegreenherbofthefieldהַשָּׂדֶ֑הha.sa.DehH7704.NowH6258Balakוּבָלָ֧קu.va.LakH1111thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZipporצִפּ֛וֹרtzi.PorH6834waskingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofMoabלְמוֹאָ֖בle.mo.'AvH4124atthattimeבָּעֵ֥תba.'EtH6256.

5AndhesentH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֜יםmal.'a.KhimH4397toBalaamבִּלְעָ֣םbil.'AmH1109thesonH1121ofBeorבְּע֗וֹרbe.'orH1160,toPethor,whichisontheriverהַנָּהָ֛רha.na.HarH5104inthelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofthechildrenofhispeopleעַמּ֖וֹa.MoH5971,tocallH7121him,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Behold,apeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971iscomeיָצָ֤אya.Tza'H3318outfromEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714;behold,theycoverכִסָּה֙khi.SahH3680thefaceofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andtheyabideoveragainstme.

6AndnowH6258come,Ipraythee,curseH779methispeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971;fortheyaremightierעָצ֥וּם'a.TzumH6099thanI:perhapsאוּלַ֤י'u.LaiH194Imaybeableאוּכַל֙'u.KhalH3201tosmitethem,anddriveוַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּva.'a.ga.re.She.nuH1644themoutofthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776;forIknowיָדַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045thathewhomthou blessestisblessedH1288,andhewhomthou cursestiscursedH779.

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