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all their domain is lost, from Hesebon to Dibon; weary of the battle, in Nophe and distant Medaba they have taken refuge at last. (Numbers 21, 30)
So he sent envoys to Balaam son of Beor, the soothsayer who dwelt on the Ammonite border, desiring his presence. Here is a people on the march from Egypt, he said, whose hosts darken the face of earth, and they are encamped at my doors; (Numbers 22, 5)
he answered, They have brought me a message from Balac, son of Sephor. (Numbers 22, 10)
He says a people has marched there from Egypt, whose hosts darken the face of earth, and he would have me come and lay my ban on them, so that he can make war on them and drive them out of his country. (Numbers 22, 11)
And the ass, seeing an angel standing there with drawn sword, edged away from the road and took to the open fields, so that Balaam must needs beat her, to force her into the path again. (Numbers 22, 23)
Then Balaam prophesied: I have come from Aram, from the hills out in the east; it was Balac summoned me, the king of the Moabites. He bade me come and curse Jacob, come with all speed, and lay my ban on Israel. (Numbers 23, 7)
Curse them, I, when God’s curse does not light on them? I lay a ban, where ban from the Lord is none? (Numbers 23, 8)
Nay, said Balac, come with me to another spot, from which thou wilt only be able to see a part of Israel, not the whole people; from this thou shalt lay a curse on them. (Numbers 23, 13)
It is not for God to gainsay himself, as men do, to alter, like the things of earth; must he not make good his word, fulfil his promise? (Numbers 23, 19)
Come, said Balac, let me find thee another vantage-point; from this perhaps, God will allow thee to curse them. (Numbers 23, 27)
thus speaks the man who has heard the words of God himself, looked on a vision sent from the Almighty, who has fallen into a trance, and learned to see aright! (Numbers 24, 4)
Like a bucket brimming over at the well, see how their posterity spreads from one river-frontier to the next! The king that rules over them shall rival Agag himself, and take away his kingdom from him.✻ (Numbers 24, 7)
