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1 And Balam sayed vnto Balac: bylde me here seven alters and prouyde here. seue oxen and seuen rammes. 2 And Balac dyd as Balam sayed. And Balac and Balam offered on euery alter an oxe and a ram. 3 And Balam sayed vnto Balac: stonde by the sacrifyce whyle I goo to wete whether the Lorde will come ad mete me: and what soeuer he sheweth me I will tell the and he went forthwith. 4 And god came vnto Balam and Balam sayed vnto him: I haue prepared .vij. alters and haue offered apo euery alter an oxe and a ram. 5 And ye Lorde put a sayenge in Balas mouth and sayed: goo agayne to Balac and saye on this wyse. 6 And he went agayne vnto him and loo he stode by his sacrifice both he ad all the lordes of Moab. 7 And he began hys parable and sayed: Balac the kinge of Moab hath fett me fro Mesopotamia out of the mountaynes of the easte sayenge: come and curse me Iacob come and defye me Israel. 8 How shall I curse whom God curseth not and how shall I defye whom the Lorde defyeth not? Numbers 23:1-8, Tyndale Bible of 1526. Public domain.
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