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1 And Balaam said vnto Balac: Buylde me here seuen aulters, & prepare me here seuen oxen & seuen rammes. 2 And Balac dyd as Balaam sayde: And Balac and Balaam offred on euery aulter an oxe and a ramme. 3 And Balaam said vnto Balac: Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go, if happly the Lorde will meete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I wyll tell thee. And he went vp hyer. 4 But God met Balaam, & Balaam sayd vnto hym: I haue prepared seuen aulters, and haue offred vpon euery aulter an oxe and a ramme. 5 And the Lorde put a saying in Balaams mouth, and sayde: Go agayne to Balac, and say on this wyse. 6 And when he went agayne vnto him, lo, he stoode by his burnt sacrifice, he and all the lordes of Moab. 7 And he toke vp his parable, and sayd: Balac the king of Moab hath brought me fro Mesopotamia, out of the mountaynes of the east, saying Come, curse Iacob for my sake, come and defie Israel. 8 Howe shall I curse hym, whom God hath not cursed? or howe shall I defie hym, whom God hath not defied? Numbers 23:1-8, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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