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Woe betide thee, Moab; worshippers of Chamas, you are undone. Sehon, the Amorrhite king, has claimed their sons for exile, their daughters for bondage; (Numbers 21, 29)
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)
and Moses sent spies to survey Jazer. When they had occupied the villages there, and conquered its inhabitants, (Numbers 21, 32)
they turned aside, and marched by the road which leads to Basan. The king of Basan, Og, mustered his people and came out to give them battle in Edrai; (Numbers 21, 33)
And so it proved; they made war on him and his sons and all his subjects until none were left, and so took possession of his country. (Numbers 21, 35)
But there was one man that took note of all this, Balac the son of Sephor. He saw how the sons of Israel had defeated the Amorrhites, (Numbers 22, 2)
And he said to the Madianite chiefs, Here is a people that will make short work of all our neighbours, as easily as an ox tears up grass by the roots. It was in Moab that Balac himself bore rule at this time. (Numbers 22, 4)
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)
come and lay thy curse on them, or they are too strong for me. I would fain overthrow them, drive them out of my country; and I know well that a blessing falls where thou dost bless, a curse where thou dost curse. (Numbers 22, 6)
So the elders of Moab, chiefs of the Madianite country, set out with gifts in their hands to fee the soothsayer. When they reached Balaam, and gave him Balac’s message, (Numbers 22, 7)
he bade them stay there for the night, so that he might answer as the Lord should direct him. To this they consented; and when God came to Balaam and asked him, (Numbers 22, 8)
he answered, They have brought me a message from Balac, son of Sephor. (Numbers 22, 10)
