Balaam's ass speaketh. Before CHRIST 1452. • Exod. 4. 24. t See 2 Kings 6.17. Dan.10. 7. Acts 22.9. 3 Pet. 2. 16. Jude 11. 2 Pet. 2. 16. x Prov. 12. 10. y 2 Pet. 2. 16. + Heb. who hast ridden upon me. | Or, ever since thou Wast, &e. 7 See Gen. 21. 19. Luke 24. 16, 8. NUMBERS. 22¶ And God's anger was kindled be- 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 LORD น Balak entertaineth Balaam, 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. Before CHRIST 17. 1452 Gen. 14h. 1.13 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to ver. 1. ch. honour? 24.11. 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee; have I now any power at all to say any thing? " the word h ch. 23. 2. that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto || Kirjath-huzoth. 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. & 24.13. Kings 22. 14. 2 Chron. 18. 13. 1 Or, a city of strects. 41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that iDeut. 13 2. thence he might see the utmost part of the people. CHAP. XXIII. 1, 13, 28 Balak's sacrifice. 7, 18 Balaam's of 2t and the Lone "opened the mouth Ane here even altars, and prepare ND Balaam said unto Balak, "Build a ver. 29. What have I done unto thee, that thou 29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Be- 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden || ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes Kings 6.17 of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and || fell flat on his face. a Exod. 34. Or, bowed himself. 32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I + Heb, to be went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: an adversary unto thee. b Pet. 2.14 15. 33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. 34 And Balaam said unto the angel of 1 Sam. 15 the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. 24, 30. & 26. d ver. 20. 35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: "but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. Before 11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee pch. 22. 11, to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou 17. & 24 19 hast blessed them altogether. q ch.22 12 And he answered and said, "Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the 1Or,the hill field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, ver. 1, 2 and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 22-35 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. 16 And the LORD met Balaam, and 5 ch. put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken? 18 And he took up his parable, and Judges 3 said, 'Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: @ 1 Sam. 1594. Mal. 3.6. James 1. 17. Tit. 12. 19 "God is not a man, that he should Een lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received command1 Gen. 122 ment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. & 22 17. Numb. 22. 12 {Rum. 4. 7, 21 'He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseExod. 13 ness in Israel: the LORD his God is with 34 him, and the shout of a king is among PL 15 them. $1.25 45 26 But Balaam answered and said unto 2. Balak, Told not I thee, saying, "All that Kings 22 the LORD speaketh, that I must do? 27 And Balak said unto Balaam, 13 Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee b Before CHRIST He prophesieth the happiness of Israel. unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 1452. 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh 'toward i ch. 21. 20. Jeshimon. pre 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and k ver. L. pare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. her. 51. 13 Rev. 17. 1, 7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher is than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. 8 1God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall m eat up the nations his enemies, and shall "break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. 9 PHe couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 10 ¶ And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he 'smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, 13. "I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, Deut. 23. 4, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them 5. Josh. 24. these three times. s ch. 23. 11. 10. Neh. 13. 2. t ch. 22. 17, 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto 37. CHRIST great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept 1452. thee back from honour. " ch. 22. 18. 12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, 13 "If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak? 14 And now, behold, I go unto my Mic. 6. 5 people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. Rev. 2. 14. y Gen. 49. 1. Dan. 2. 28. & 10. 14 z ver. 3, 4. a Rev. 1. 7. Rev. 22. 16. Matt. 22. Gen. 49. 10. Or, Smite through the princes of Moab. Ps. 110. 2. 2 Sam. 8. 2. Jer. 48. 45. 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall | smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his ene14. Ps. 60. 8, mies; and Israel shall do valiantly. d 2 Sam. 8. 912. e Gen. 49. 10. Or, the first of the nations e 19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. 20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latthat warred ter end || shall be that he perish for ever. 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and Or, shall took up his parable, and said, Strong is destruction. thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy against Is racl. Exod. 17. 8. be even to Exod. 17. 14. nest in a rock. 1 Sam. 15-3, 8. 22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee Or, how away captive. + Heb. Kain. Gen. 15. 19. long shall it be ere 23 And he took up his parable, and Asshur carry said, Alas, who shall live when God do thec away captive Dan. 11. 30. eth this! 24 And ships shall come from the coast f Gen. 10.4 of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and g Gen. 10.21, shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. 25. 25 And Balaam rose up, and went and b See ch. 31. h returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. 8. 15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a zch. 31. 8. people, and of a chief house in Midian. 16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, b Josh. 13- 21. Rev. 2. 14 17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them: a ch. 31. 2. 18 For they vex you with their wiles, bch. 31. 16. wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Coz bi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. AND it came to pass after the plague, five hundred. that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest ever. 63. ch. spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 22. 1. & 31. è ch. 1. 1. • Gen. 46. 8. 5. 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 51Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: Chron. 1. the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. Gen. 46. 16. o Gen. 46. 16, Arodi. 2, &c. & 46. 19 ¶ "The sons of Judah were Er and p Gen. 38. Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land 12. of Canaan. 2.3. 20 And the sons of Judah after their 91 Chron. families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 23 ¶'Of the sons of Issachar after their Gen. 46. families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of || Pua, the family of the Punites: 24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. Or, Phuvah. | Or, Job. 26 Of the sons of Zebulun after Gen. 46. 14. their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleel 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Da-ites. (cb. 16. 1,2 than and Abiram, which were 'famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: 16. 10"And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and chfifty men: and they became a sign. 62 Pet. 2.6. 11 Notwithstanding the children of Exod & 24 Korah died not. Ser 10. 1 Chron. 6. 22 12¶ The sons of Simeon after their Gen families: of Nemuel, the family of the Jewel. Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Chron 4 Jaminites: of 'Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of "Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of *Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of x Helek, the family of the Helekites: 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 And 'Zelophehad the son of He- & ch. 27.1. pher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Haglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. The Israelites numbered. Before CHRIST 1452. NUMBERS. The families and number of the Levites. vided for an inheritance according to the Before number of names. 55 These are the sons of Ephraim | after their families: of Shuthelah, the fa21 Chron. 7. mily of the Shuthalhites: of "Becher, the 20, Bered. family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. a Gen. 46.21. 1 Chron. 7.6. b Gen. 46. 21, Ehi. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. CHRIST 1452. tiply his in 541 To many thou shalt + give the more I ch. 33. 54inheritance, and to few thou shalt give mul the less inheritance: to every one shall heritance. his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be "divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. 38 The sons of Benjamin after their 39 Of Shupham, the family of the Muppim and Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. Huppim di Chron. 8. 3, Addar. e Gen. 46. 23[ Or, Hushim. f Gen 46. 17. 1 Chron. 7. 32. Gen. 46. 24. 1 Chron. 7. 13. 13, Shallum. 40 And the sons of Bela were a Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamanites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. 42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of || Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. 44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 48¶Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: Chrom: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. 1 See ch. 1. 46. 51 These were the numbered of the 52 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, k Josh. 11. Saying, 23. & 14. 1. ↑ Heb. dimi ritance. ch. 33-54Josh. 11. 23. & 34.13 & 14 2. Gen. 46. 16, 17, 18, 19. 11. Exod. 6. 1 Chron. 6. 1, 16. 2. & 6. 20. 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom Exod. 2. 1, her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, P ch. 3. 2. and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And "Nadab and Abihu died, when a Lev. 10. 1, they offered strange fire before the LORD. 62And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: 'for they were not numbered among the s ch. 1. 49children of Israel, because there was not ch. 18. 20, inheritance given them among the child- 10. 9. Job. ren of Israel. 23, 24. Deut. 13. 14, 33.& 14.3. | Deut. 2. 14, 64 But among these there was not a x ch. 1. man of them whom Moses and Aaron the is priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. |