BRAGADAYJAH
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And
the angel of the Lord said to Balaam “Why have you smitten you ass three
times? I stood in front of you because
you are acting perversely, and luckily for you, the ass saw me and turned away
three times. If the ass had not done so
I would have slain you and saved the ass.”
Hearing
the angel, Balaam confessed and said, “I have sinned for I did not know you
stood in the way against me; so now if you will permit me, I will turn around
and go back home.”
Thereupon
the angel advised Balaam to go with the men; but charged him to speak only the
words that he will tell him to say to Balak.
And so Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
And
when Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him in a certain
border town. And Balak asked Balaam, “did
I not send messengers to you, pleading with you urgently to come to me? Why, therefore, did you not come? Don’t you know I am able to make you rich and
elevate you to great honor? “
“Well,”
said Balaam, “as you can see I am now here; “but do I have any power at all to
say anything save that which the Lord has told me to say?”
However,
Balaam proceeded to follow Balak until they arrived at a place called Kiriathhuzoth. And there Balak offered oxen and sheep to
Balaam; and on the next day, Balak escorted Balaam unto a high place of Baal
that he may see the multitude of the people from there.
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