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18 And he toke vp his parable and sayed: ryse vpp Balac and heare and herken vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor 19 The Lorde is not a ma that he can lye nether the sonne of a ma that he can repent: shulde he saye and not doo or shulde he speake and not make it good? 20 beholde I haue begon to blesse and haue blessed and can not goo backe there fro. 21 He beheld no wikednesse in Iacob nor sawe Idolatrye in Israel: The Lorde his God is with him and the trompe of a kynge amonge the. 22 God that broughte them out of Egipte is as the strength of an vnycorne 23 vnto them for there is no sorcerer in Iacob nor sothsayer in Israel. When the tyme cometh it wylbe sayed of Iacob and of Israel what God hath wrought 24 Beholde ye people shall ryse vp as a lyonesse and heue vpp hym selfe as a lion and shall not lye downe agayne vntill he haue eaten of the praye and dronke of the bloude of them that are slayne. 25 And Balac sayed vnto Balam: nether curse them nor blesse the. 26 And Balam answered ad sayed vnto Balac: tolde not I the sayege all that the Lorde byddeth me yt I must doo? 27 And Balac sayed vnto Balam: come I praye the I will brynge the yet vnto another place: so perauenture it shall please God that thou mayst curse the there. 28 And Balac broughte Balam vnto the toppe of Peor that boweth towarde the wildernesse. 29 And Balam sayed vnto Balac: make me here .vij. alters and prepare me here .vij. bollockes and .vij. rames 30 And Balac dyd as Balam had sayed and offered a bollocke and a ram on euery alter. Numbers 23:18-30, Tyndale Bible of 1526. Public domain.
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