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Chapter 22 And the children of Israel set
forward and pitched in the plains of Moab

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on this side Jordan by Jericho.

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And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that
Israel had done to the Amorites.

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And Moab was sore afraid of the people,
because they were many.

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And Moab was distressed because of the
children of Israel.

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And Moab said unto the elders of Midian,
Now shall this company lick up all that

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are round about us, as the ox licketh up
the grass of the field.

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And Balak the son of Zippor was king of
the Moabites at that time.

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He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam
the son of Beor, to Pithor, which is by

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the river of the land of the children of
his people, to call him, saying,

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Behold, there is a people come out from
Egypt.

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Behold, they cover the face of the earth,
and they abide over against me.

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Come now therefore, I pray thee,
curse me this people, for they are too

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mighty for me.

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Peradventure I shall prevail, that we may
smite them, and that I may drive them out

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of the land.

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For I wat that he whom thou blessest is
blessed, and he whom thou cursest is

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cursed.

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And the elders of Moab and the elders of
Midian departed with the rewards of

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divination in their hand.

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And they came unto Balaam, and spake unto
him the words of Balak.

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And he said unto them, Lodge here this
night, and I will bring you word again,

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as the Lord shall speak unto me.

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And the princess of Moab abode with
Balaam.

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And God came unto Balaam, and said,
What men are these with thee?

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And Balaam said unto God, Balak,
the son of Zippor, king of Moab,

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hath sent unto me, saying, Behold,
there is a people come out of Egypt,

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which covereth the face of the earth.

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Come now, curse me them.

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Peradventure I shall be able to overcome
them, and drive them out.

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And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not
go with them.

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Thou shalt not curse the people,
for they are blessed.

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And Balaam rose up in the morning,
and said unto the princes of Balak,

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Get you into your land, for the Lord
refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

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And the princes of Moab rose up,
and they went unto Balak, and said,

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Balaam refuseth to come with us.

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And Balak sent yet again princes more,
and more honorable than they.

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And they came to Balaam, and said to him,
Thus saith Balak, the son of Zippor,

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Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from
coming unto me.

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For I will promote thee unto very great
honor, and I will do whatsoever thou

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sayest unto me.

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Come, therefore, I pray thee, curse me
this people.

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And Balaam answered and said unto the
servants of Balak, If Balak would give me

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his house full of silver and gold,
I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my

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God to do less or more.

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Now, therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also
here this night, that I may know what the

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Lord will say unto me more.

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And God came unto Balaam at night,
and said unto him, If the men come to call

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thee, rise up and go with them.

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But yet the word which I shall say unto
thee, that shalt thou do.

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And Balaam rose up in the morning,
and saddled his ass, and went with the

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princes of Moab.

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And God's anger was kindled because he
went.

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And the angel of the Lord stood in the way
for an adversary against him.

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Now he was riding upon his ass,
and his two servants were with him.

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And the ass saw the angel of the Lord
standing in the way, and his sword drawn

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in his hand.

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And the ass turned aside out of the way,
and went into the field.

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And Balaam smote the ass to turn her into
the way.

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But the angel of the Lord stood in a path
of the vineyards, a wall being on this

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side, and a wall on that side.

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And when the ass saw the angel of the
Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall,

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and crushed Balaam's foot against the
wall.

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And he smote her again.

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And the angel of the Lord went further,
and stood in a narrow place, where was no

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way to turn either to the right hand or to
the left.

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And when the ass saw the angel of the
Lord, she fell down unto Balaam.

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And Balaam's anger was kindled,
and he smote the ass with a staff.

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And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass,
and she said unto Balaam, What have I done

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unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these
three times?

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And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou
hast mocked me, I would there were a sword

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in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

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And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I
thine ass, upon which thou hast written

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ever since I was thine unto this day?

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Was I ever wont to do so unto thee?

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And he said, Nay.

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Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam,
and he saw the angel of the Lord standing

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in the way, and his sword drawn in his
hand.

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And he bowed down his head, and fell flat
on his face.

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And the angel of the Lord said unto him,
Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass

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these three times?

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Behold, I went out to withstand thee,
because thy way is perverse before me.

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And the ass saw me, and turned from me
these three times.

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Unless she had turned from me,
surely now also I had slain thee,

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and saved her alive.

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And Balaam said unto the angel of the
Lord, I have sinned, for I knew not that

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thou stoodest in the way against me.

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Now therefore, if it displease thee,
I will get me back again.

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And the angel of the Lord said unto
Balaam, Go with the men, but only the word

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that I shall speak unto thee, that thou
shalt speak.

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So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

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And when Balak heard that Balaam was come,
he went out to meet him unto a city of

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Moab, which is in the border of Arnon,
which is in the utmost coast.

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And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not
earnestly send unto thee to call thee?

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Wherefore camest thou not unto me?

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Am I not able indeed to promote thee to
honour?

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And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo,
I am come unto thee.

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Have I now any power at all to say any
thing?

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The word that God putteth in my mouth,
that shall I speak.

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And Balaam went with Balak, and they came
unto Kiriath-huzoth.

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And Balak offered oxen and sheep,
and sent to Balaam, and to the princes

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that were with him.

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And it came to pass on the morrow,
that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up

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into the high places of Baal, that thence
he might see the utmost part of the people.