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Numbers 22:23-30

23AndtheasssawH7200theAngelמַלְאַ֨ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahstandingנִצָּ֣בni.TzavH5324inthewayH1870,andhisswordוְחַרְבּ֤וֹve.char.BoH2719drawnH8025inhishandבְּיָד֔וֹbe.ya.DoH3027;andtheassturnedH5186asideוַתֵּ֤טva.TetH5186outofthewayH1870,andwentintothefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֑הba.sa.DehH7704,andBalaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109smotetheasstoturnלְהַטֹּתָ֖הּle.ha.to.TahH5186herintothewayH1870.

24AndtheAngelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahstoodH5975inahollowofthevineyardsהַכְּרָמִ֑יםha.ke.ra.MimH3754,awallגָּדֵ֥רga.DerH1447beingonthisside,andawallוְגָדֵ֥רve.ga.DerH1447onthatside.

25AndtheasssawH7200theAngelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovah,andshepressedherselfagainstthewallהַקִּ֔ירha.KirH7023,andcrushed Balaam'sfootרֶ֥גֶלRe.gelH7272againstthewallהַקִּ֑ירha.KirH7023;andhesmoteheragain.

26ThentheAngelמַלְאַךְ־mal.'akh-H4397ofJehovahwentstillH5975further,andstoodH5975inanarrowplaceבְּמָק֣וֹםbe.ma.KomH4725,whereאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834wasnowayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870toturnלִנְט֖וֹתlin.TotH5186eithertotherightיָמִ֥יןya.MinH3225handH3225ortotheleft.

27AndtheasssawH7200theAngelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovah,andlayH7257downH5221underBalaamH1109;andBalaam'sangerאַ֣ף'afH639waskindled,andhesmotetheasswithhisstaffH4731.

28AndJehovahopenedוַיִּפְתַּ֥חvai.yif.TachH6605themouthפִּ֣יpiH6310oftheass,andshesaidH559toBalaamלְבִלְעָם֙le.vil.'AmH1109,WhathaveIdonetothee,thatthou hastsmittenmethesethreeשָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshH7969times?

29AndBalaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109saidH559totheass,Becausethou hast mockedme:Iwouldtherewereaswordחֶ֙רֶב֙che.revH2719inmyhandבְּיָדִ֔יbe.ya.DiH3027,fornowעַתָּ֖ה'a.TahH6258wouldIkillהֲרַגְתִּֽיךְ׃ha.rag.TikhH2026thee!

30AndtheasssaidH559toBalaamבִּלְעָ֗םbil.'AmH1109,AmnotIthine ass,uponwhichthou hastriddenH7392eversinceIwasthinetothisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117?wasIeverwonttodosotothee?AndhesaidH559,No.

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