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Title: The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments : with numerous illustrations
Year: 1896 (1890s)
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Subjects: Bible
Publisher: London : G. Newnes
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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e. 7, IS Balaam^ xmrahle. AND Balaam said unto Balak, Build meXjL here seven altars, and piepare me hereseven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken;and Balak and Balaam offered on ever)/ altara bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand bythy burnt-offeiing, and I will go: peradven-ture the Lord will come to meet me: andwhatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee.And he went to an high j^lace. 4 And God met Balaam: and he said untohim, I have prepared seven altars, and I haveoffered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the Lord put a word in Balaamsmouth, and said. Return unto Balak, and thusthou shalt speak. 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, hestood by his burnt-sacrifice, he, and all theprinces of Moab. 7 IT And he took up his parable, and said,Balak the king of Moab hath brought mefrom Aram, out of the mountains of the east,saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defyIsrael. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not JJalaams 2MTahles NUMBERS 23.
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Gcoicc IinivorUi. and answers to Balak. cursed 1 or how shall I defy, ivhomthe Lord hath not defied 1 9 For from the top of the rocksI see him, and from the hills Ibehold him : lo, the people shalldwell alone, and shall not be reck-oned among the nations. 10 Who can count the dust ofJacob, and the number of thefourth^wr^ of Israel.^ Let me diethe death of the righteous, and letmy last end be like his ! 11 And Balak said unto Balaam,What hast thou done unto me?^ Itook thee to curse mine enemies,and, behold, thou hast blessed themaltogether. 12 And he answered and said,)\Iust I not take heed to speakthat which the LoKD hath put inmy mouth 1 13 And Balak said unto him,Come, I pray thee, with me untoanother place, from whence thoumayest see them: thou shalt seebut the utmost part of them, andshalt not see them all: and curseme them from thence. 14 IF And he brought him intothe field of Zophim, to the top ofPisgah, and built seven altars, andoffered a bullock and a ram onevery altar. 15 An

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