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seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 10 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder. And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak 15 said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken? And he took up his parable, and said,

Rise up, Balak, and hear;

Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

God is not a man, that he should lie ;

Neither the son of man, that he should repent:
Hath he said, and shall he not do it?

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Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Behold, I have received commandment to bless :
And he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob,

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Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel:
Jehovah his God is with him,

And the shout of a king is among them.
God brought them out of Egypt;

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He hath as it were the horns of the wild-ox.
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob,
Neither is there any divination against Israel :
Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel,
What hath God wrought!

Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness,

And as a lion doth 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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23.25. And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, 40 nor bless them at all. But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do? And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. And Balak 45 brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward the desert. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and

50 a ram on every altar. (24.1) And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. And he took up his parable,

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and said,

Balaam the son of Beor hath said,

And the man whose eyes are open hath said:
He hath said, which heard the words of God,
Which saw the vision of the Almighty,
Falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob,
And thy tabernacles, O Israel!

As the valleys are they spread forth,
As gardens by the river's side,

As lign aloes which Jehovah hath planted,
And as cedar trees beside the waters.

He shall pour the water out of his buckets,
And his seed shall be in many waters,
And his king shall be higher than Agag,
And his kingdom shall be exalted.

God brought him forth out of Egypt;

He hath as it were the horns of the wild ox:
He shall eat up the nations his enemies,
And shall break their bones,

And pierce them through with his arrows.

He couched, he lay down as a lion,

And as a lioness; who shall stir him up?
Blessed is he that blesseth thee,

And cursed is he that curseth thee.

24.10. And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. Therefore now flee thou to thy 85 place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honour. And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of Jehovah, to

do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what Jehovah 90 saith, that will I speak? And now, behold, I go unto my people come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. And he took up his parable, and said,

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Balaam the son of Beor hath said,

And the man whose eyes are open hath said:
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 :
I see him, but not now:

I behold him, but not nigh :

There shall come a Star out of Jacob,

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And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel,

And shall smite the corners of Moab,

And destroy all the sons of tumult.
And Edom shall be a possession,

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Seir also, his enemies, shall be a possession;

And Israel shall do valiantly.

Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion,
And shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,
Amalek was the first of the nations;

But his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

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And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, 115 Strong is thy dwelling-place,

And thy nest is set in a rock.

Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted,

Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

And he took up his parable, and said,

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Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?

But ships shall come from the coast of Chittim,
And shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber,
And he also shall perish for ever.

And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and 125
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LESSON XXVI

MOSES' LAST DAYS

NUMBERS 32, and DEUTERONOMY 31, 32, 34

32.1. Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; the children of Gad and the children of 5 Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, even the country which Jehovah smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and 10 thy servants have cattle: wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

32.33. And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe 15 of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with their borders, even the cities of the country round about. And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, and Atroth-Shophan, 20 and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities and folds for sheep. And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. And the 25 children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them 1 Havoth-jair. And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. 31.1. And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also Jehovah

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hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. Jehovah thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and 35 Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as Jehovah hath said. And Jehovah shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. And Jehovah shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the command- 40 ments which I have commanded you. Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: 45 for thou must go with this people unto the land which Jehovah hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. And Jehovah, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee fear not, neither be dismayed.

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31.9. And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders of Israel. And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, when 55 all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah 60 your God, and observe to do all the words of this law and that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

31.14. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days 65 approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting. And Jehovah appeared in the tent in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the 70 tent. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring

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