The Prophecies of Balaam
1
Balaam said to Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.'
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| to·he-will | in·? | ? | from·? | and·the·so | to·he-will
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2
Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
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| and·he-will·on | in·to·? | and·in·to·? | ?
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3
Balaam said to Balak: 'Stand by your burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure IAUA will come to meet me; and whatsoever He shows me I will tell you.' He went to a bare height.
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| and·he-will·say | in·to·? | to·in·to·? | the·? | on | ?
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| and·I-will·to·as·the | I-will·and·to·he-will
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| he-will·? | IAUA | to·? | and·? | from·the | he-will·?
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| and·the·? | to·as | and·he-will·to·as | ?
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4
God met Balaam; and he said to Him: 'I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.'
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| and·he-will·? | God | this | in·to·? | and·he-will·say
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| I-will·to·he-will·and | the | ? | the·from·? | ?
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| UEOL | FR | UEIL | BMZBCh
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| and·I-will·on | ? | and·I-will·he-will·to | in·from·?
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5
IAUA put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said: 'Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.'
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| and·he-will·name | IAUA | ? | in·? | in·to·?
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| UIEMR | ShUB | EL- | BLQ | UKA | ThDBR
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| and·he-will·say | ? | this | in·to·? | and·as·the | ?
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6
He returned to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
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| and·he-will·? | I-will·to·he-will·and | and·listen
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| NTsB | OL- | OLThU | AUE | UKL- | ShRI
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| we·? | on | ? | the·and·I-will | and·all | ?
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7
He took up his parable, and said: From Aram Balak brings me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: 'Come, curse me Jacob, and come, execrate Israel.'
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| and·he-will·? | from·? | and·he-will·say | from | I-will·?
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| INChNI | BLQ | MLK- | MUEB
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| he-will·we·? | in·to·? | from·to·as | from·and·father
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| MARRI- | QDM | LKA | ERA- | LI
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| from·the·? | east | to·as·the | I-will·? | to·he-will
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| IOQB | ULKA | ZOMA | IShREL
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| he-will·? | and·to·as·the | ? | Israel
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8
How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? How shall I execrate, whom IAUA has not execrated?
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| from·the | I-will·? | not | ? | this | and·from·the | I-will·?
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9
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
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| that | from·? | ? | I-will·? | and·from·? | I-will·? | the·we
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| OM | LBDD | IShKN | UBGUIM | LE | IThChShB
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| ? | to·in·? | he-will·? | and·in·? | not | he-will·?
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10
Who has counted the dust of Jacob, or numbered the stock of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let mine end be like his!
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| from·he-will | from·we·the | dust | he-will·? | and·from·?
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| ETh- | RBO | IShREL | ThMTh | NFShI | MUTh
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| the | ? | Israel | ? | we·? | from·and·she-will
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| IShRIM | UThAI | EChRIThI | KMAU
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| he-will·? | and·? | I-will·? | as·from·the·and
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11
Balak said to Balaam: 'What have you done to me? I took you to curse mine enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether.'
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| and·he-will·say | in·to·? | this | in·to·? | from·the | ?
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| LI | LQB | EIBI | LQChThIK
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| to·he-will | to·? | I-will·he-will·in·he-will | to·?
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| UANA | BRKTh | BRK
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| and·listen | in·? | bless
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12
He answered and said: 'Must I not take heed to speak that which IAUA puts in my mouth?'
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| and·he-will·? | and·he-will·say | the·not | the | which
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| IShIM | IAUA | BFI | EThU | EShMR | LDBR
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| he-will·? | IAUA | in·? | him | I-will·? | to·?
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13
Balak said to him: 'Come, I pray you, with me to another place, from whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all; and curse me them from there.'
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| and·he-will·say | I-will·to·he-will·and | in·to·?
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| LK- | NE | EThI | EL- | MQUM | EChR | EShR
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| to·as | we·I-will | I-will·? | this | place | I-will·? | which
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| ThRENU | MShM | EFS | QTsAU | ThREA | UKLU
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| ? | from·name | I-will·? | ? | seen | and·as·to·and
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| LE | ThREA | UQBNU- | LI | MShM
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| not | seen | and·? | to·he-will | from·name
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14
He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
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| and·he-will·? | field | ? | this | ? | the·?
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| UIBN | ShBOA | MZBChTh | UIOL | FR
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| and·he-will·in·we | ? | from·? | and·he-will·on | ?
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| UEIL | BMZBCh
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| and·I-will·he-will·to | in·from·?
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15
He said to Balak: 'Stand here by your burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'
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| and·he-will·say | this | in·to·? | the·? | as·the | on | ?
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| UENKI | EQRA | KA
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| and·I | I-will·? | as·the
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16
IAUA met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said: 'Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.'
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| and·he-will·? | IAUA | this | in·to·? | and·he-will·name | ?
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| BFIU | UIEMR | ShUB | EL- | BLQ | UKA
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| in·? | and·he-will·say | ? | this | in·to·? | and·as·the
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17
He came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him: 'What has IAUA spoken?'
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| and·he-will·come | I-will·to·he-will·and
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| UANU | NTsB | OL- | OLThU | UShRI | MUEB
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| and·the·we·and | we·? | on | ? | and·? | from·and·father
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| EThU | UIEMR | LU | BLQ | MA- | DBR | IAUA
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| him | and·he-will·say | to·and | in·to·? | from·the | ? | IAUA
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18
He took up his parable, and said: Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, you son of Zippor:
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| and·he-will·? | from·? | and·he-will·say | ? | in·to·?
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| UShMO | AEZINA | ODI | BNU | TsFR
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| and·? | the·I-will·? | ? | in·we·and | ?
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19
God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: when He has said, will He not do it? or when He has spoken, will He not make it good?
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| not | I-will·he-will·? | this | and·he-will·as·?
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| UBN- | EDM | UIThNChM | AAUE | EMR
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| and·in·we | man | and·he-will·? | the·the·and·I-will | say
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| ULE | IOShA | UDBR | ULE | IQIMNA
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| and·not | he-will·make | and·? | and·not | he-will·?
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20
Behold, I am bidden to bless; and when He has blessed, I cannot call it back.
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| listen | bless | to·? | and·bless | and·not | I-will·?
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21
None has beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has one seen perverseness in Israel; IAUA his God is with him, and the shouting for the King is among them.
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| not | the·in·he-will·? | I-will·and·we | in·he-will·?
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| ULE- | REA | OML | BIShREL | IAUA | ELAIU | OMU
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| and·not | ? | ? | in·Israel | IAUA | I-will·to·be | ?
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| UThRUOTh | MLK | BU
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| and·? | from·to·as | give
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22
God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.
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| this | from·and·? | from·from·? | as·? | ? | to·and
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23
For there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel; now is it said of Jacob and of Israel: 'What has God wrought!'
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| that | not | we·? | in·he-will·? | and·not | ? | in·Israel | as·?
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| IEMR | LIOQB | ULIShREL | MA- | FOL
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| he-will·say | to·he-will·? | and·to·Israel | from·the | ?
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24
Behold a people that rises up as a lioness, and as a lion does he lift himself up; he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
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| the·we | ? | as·to·in·he-will·I-will | he-will·?
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| UKERI | IThNShE | LE | IShKB | OD-
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| and·as·I-will·? | he-will·? | not | he-will·? | ?
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| IEKL | TRF | UDM- | ChLLIM | IShThA
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| he-will·I-will·all | ? | and·? | ? | he-will·?
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25
Balak said to Balaam: 'Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.'
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| and·he-will·say | in·to·? | this | in·to·? | ? | ? | not | ?
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| GM- | BRK | LE | ThBRKNU
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| ? | bless | not | ?
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26
But Balaam answered and said to Balak: 'Told not I you, saying: All that IAUA speaks, that I must do?'
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| and·he-will·? | in·to·? | and·he-will·say | this | in·to·?
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| ALE | DBRThI | ELIK | LEMR | KL | EShR-
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| the·not | ? | I-will·to·he-will·as | to·say | all | which
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| he-will·? | IAUA | him | I-will·make
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27
Balak said to Balaam: 'Come now, I will take you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from there.'
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| and·he-will·say | in·to·? | this | in·to·? | to·as·the
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| NE | EQChK | EL- | MQUM | EChR
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| we·I-will | I-will·? | this | place | I-will·?
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| EULI | IIShR | BOINI
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| I-will·and·to·he-will | he-will·he-will·? | in·?
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| AELAIM | UQBThU | LI | MShM
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| the·God | and·? | to·he-will | from·name
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28
Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
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| and·he-will·? | in·to·? | the | in·to·? | ? | the·?
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| ANShQF | OL- | FNI | AIShIMN
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| the·we·? | on | face | the·he-will·?
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29
Balaam said to Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.'
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| and·he-will·say | in·to·? | this | in·to·? | in·we·the
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| LI | BZA | ShBOA | MZBChTh | UAKN | LI
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| to·he-will | in·? | ? | from·? | and·the·so | to·he-will
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| BZA | ShBOA | FRIM | UShBOA | EILM
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| in·? | ? | ? | and·? | I-will·he-will·to·from
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30
Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
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| and·he-will·make | in·to·? | as·which | say | in·to·?
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| UIOL | FR | UEIL | BMZBCh
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| and·he-will·on | ? | and·I-will·he-will·to | in·from·?
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