And Balac sent again a greater company of
lords and more honourable than they. And they came to Balam and
told him: Thus sayeth Balac the son of Ziphor: oh, let nothing let
thee to come unto me, for I will greatly promote thee unto great
honour, and will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me, come therefore
I pray thee, curse me this people. And Balam answered and said
unto the servants of Balac: If Balac would give me his house full
of silver and gold, I can go no further than the word of the LORD
my God, to do less or more. Nevertheless tarry ye here all night:
that I may wete, what the LORD will say unto me once more. And God
came to Balam by night and said unto him: If the men come to fetch
thee, rise up and go with them: but what I say unto thee, that
only thou shalt do. And Balam rose up early and saddled his ass
and went with the lords of Moab. But God was angry because he
went. And the angel of the LORD stood in the way against him. And
he rid upon his ass and two servants with him. And when the ass
saw the angel of the LORD stond in the way and his sword drawn in
his hand, she turned aside out of the way and went out into the
field. And Balam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. And the
angel of the LORD went and stood in a path between the vineyards,
where was a wall on the one side and another on the other.
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