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chapter 24
1
And
when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel. he went
not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the
desert,
2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel abiding in
their tents by their tribes: and the spirit of God rushing upon him,
3 He took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of
Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose eye ire stopped up:
4 The hearer of the words of God hath said, he that
hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes are
opened:
5 How beautiful are thy tabernacles, O Jacob, and thy
tents, O Israel!
6 As woody valleys, as watered gardens near the rivers,
as tabernacles which the Lord hath pitched, as cedars by the waterside.
7 Water shall flow out of his bucket, and his seed
shall be in many waters. For Agag his king shall be removed, and his kingdom
shall be taken awry.
8 God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is
like to the rhinoceros. They shall devour the nations that are his enemies, and
break their bones, and pierce them with arrows.
9 Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a lioness,
whom none shall dare to rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall also himself be blessed:
he that curseth thee shall be reckoned accursed.
10 And Balac being angry against Balaam, clapped his
hands together and said: I called thee to curse my enemies, and thou on the
contrary hast blessed them three times.
11 Return to thy place. I had determined indeed greatly
to honour thee, but the Lord hath deprived thee of the honour designed for
thee.
12 Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy
messengers, whom thou sentest to me:
13 If Balac would give me his house full of silver and
gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to utter any thing of my
own head either good or evil: but whatsoever the Lord shall say, that I will
speak?
14 But yet going to my people, I will give thee
counsel, what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15 Therefore taking up his parable, again he said:
Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man whose eye is stopped up, hath said:
16 The hearer of the words of God hath said, who
knoweth the doctrine of the Highest, and seeth the visions of the Almighty, who
falling hath his eyes opened:
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him,
but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from
Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children
of Seth.
18 And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance of Seir
shall come to their enemies, but Israel shall do manfully
19 Out of Jacob shall he come that shall rule, and
shall destroy the remains of the city.
20 And when he saw Amalec, he took up his parable, and
said: Amalec the beginning of nations, whose latter ends shall be destroyed.
21 He saw also the Cinite: and took up his parable, and
said: Thy habitation in- deed is strong: but though thou build thy nest in a
rock,
22 And thou be chosen of the stock of Cin, how long
shalt thou be able to continue? For Assur shall take thee captive.
23 And taking up his parable, again he said: Alas, who
shall live when God shall do these things?
24 They shall come in galleys from Italy, they shall
overcome the Assyrians, and shall waste the Hebrews, and at the last they
themselves also shall perish.
25 And Balaam rose, and returned to his place: Balac
also returned the way that he came.
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