Hi, and welcome back
to His Words Are Life
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for joining with me today
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to read the word of God.
When we were last together
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reading in the book of
Numbers and Israel had come up.
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They were in the city of Kadesh
and they send word to Edom
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and asked if they can
pass through his territory.
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They said we won't drink your
water. We'll stay on the highway
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won't go through your
fields, won't eat your vineyards
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when we come through. And
Edom refuses them passage.
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And they send word again and say
"Please if we take anything of
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yours we'll pay for it.
Please let us come through. "
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That's where we are going
to pick up our story today.
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Before we start,
Let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, thank you so
much for these wonderful words
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that will give us not
just a life; but a wise life
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and abundant life. May the
lessons that You would have us
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to learn, come into our hearts
and be with us, and guide us
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safely through the rest of
our time here as we serve You
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and each other. We love you so
much and thank you for loving us
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Amen. We are picking
up in Numbers, chapter 20
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starting with verse 20.
This is the King James version.
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And he said, thou shalt not
go through. And Edom came out
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against him with much
people, and with a strong hand.
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Thus Edom refused to give
Israel passage through his
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border; wherefore
Israel turned away from him.
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And the children of Israel,
even the whole congregation
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journeyed from Kadesh,
and came unto mount Hor.
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And the Lord spake unto Moses
and Aaron in mount Hor by the
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coast of the land of Edom,
saying, Aaron shall be gathered
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unto his people, for he
shall not enter into the land
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which I have given
unto the children of Israel,
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because ye rebelled against
my word at the water of Meribah.
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Take Aaron and Eleazar his son
and bring them up unto mount Hor
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and strip Aaron of his garments,
and put them upon Eleazar
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his son and Aaron shall
be gathered unto his people
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and shall die there. And
Moses did as the Lord commanded:
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and they went up into
mount Hor in the sight of all
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the congregation. And Moses
stripped Aaron of his garments
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and put them upon Eleazar
his son. And Aaron died there
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in the top of the mount.
And Moses and Eleazar came down
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from the mount. And when all the
congregation saw that Aaron was
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dead, they mourned for Aaron
30 days, even all the house of
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Israel. We are continuing in
the book of Numbers, chapter 21
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and this is the
King James version.
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And when King Arad the Canaanite
which dwelt in the south, heard
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tell that Israel came by the
way of the spies; then he fought
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against Israel and
took some of them prisoners.
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And Israel vowed a vow unto
the Lord, and said, If thou wilt
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indeed deliver this people into
my hand, then I will utterly
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destroy their cities. And the
Lord hearkened to the voice of
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Israel and delivered up the
Canaanites; and they utterly
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destroyed them and their cities.
And he called the name of the
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place, Hormah. And they
journeyed from mount Hor
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by the way of the Red sea,
to compass the land of Edom:
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and the soul of the people
was much discouraged because of
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the way. And the people spake
against God and against Moses,
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Wherefore have ye brought us
up out of Egypt to die in the
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wilderness? for there is
no bread, neither is there any
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water; and our soul
loatheth this light bread.
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And the Lord sent fiery serpents
among the people; and they bit
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the people and much
people of Israel died.
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Therefore the people came to
Moses and said, We have sinned
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for we have spoken against
the Lord and against thee.
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Pray unto the Lord that He
take away the serpents from us.
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And Moses prayed for the people.
And the Lord said unto Moses,
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Make thee a fiery serpent and
set it upon a pole. And it shall
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come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
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looketh upon it, shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of Brass
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and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass, that if a serpent
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had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass,
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he lived. And the children of
Israel set forward and pitched
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in Oboth,. And they journeyed
from Oboth, and pitched at
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Ijeabarim, in the wilderness
which is before Moab, toward the
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sunrising. From thence
they removed and pitched in the
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valley of Zared.
From thence they removed
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and pitched on the
other side of Arnon,
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which is in the
wilderness that cometh out of
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the coasts of the Amorites:
for Arnon is the border of Moab,
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between Moab and the Amorites.
Wherefore it is said in the book
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of the wars of the Lord, what
He did in the Red sea and in the
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brooks of Arnon, and in
the stream of the brooks
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that goeth down to the dwelling
of Ar, and lieth upon the border
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of Moab. And from thence they
went to Beer: that is the well
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whereof the Lord spake
unto Moses, Gather the people
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together, and I will give them
water. Then Israel sang this
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song, Spring up, O well, sing ye
unto it: The princes digged the
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well, the nobles of the people
digged it, by the direction
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of the lawgiver, with their
staves. And from the wilderness
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they went to Mattanah: And from
Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from
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Nahaliel to Bamoth: And from
Bamoth in the valley that is in
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the country of Moab, to the top
of Pisgah, which looketh toward
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Jeshimon. And Israel sent
messengers unto Sihon, king of
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the Amorites, saying, Let me
pass through thy land: we will
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not turn into the fields, or
into the vineyards; we will not
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drink of the waters of the well:
but we will go along by the
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king's highway, until we
be past thy borders. And Sihon
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would not suffer Israel to pass
through his border: but Sihon
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gathered all his people together
and went out against Israel into
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the wilderness: and he came to
Jahaz, and fought against Israel
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and Israel smote him with the
edge of the sword, and possessed
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his land from Arnon unto Jabbok.
even unto the children of Ammon:
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for the border of the
children of Ammon was strong.
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And Israel took all these
cities and Israel dwelt in all
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the cities of the Amorites, in
Heshbon, and in all the villages
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thereof. For Heshbon was the
city of Sihon, the king of the
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Amorites, who had fought against
the former king of Moab, and
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taken all his land out of
his hand, even unto Arnon.
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Wherefore they that speak in
proverbs say, Come into Heshbon,
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let the city of Sihon be built
and prepared: For there is a
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fire gone out of Heshbon and
flame from the city of Sihon:
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it hath consumed Ar of Moab,
and the lords of the high places
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of Arnon. Woe to thee, Moab!
Thou art undone, O people of
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Chemosh: he hath given his sons
that escaped, and his daughters
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into captivity unto
Sihon, king of the Amorites.
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We have shot at them; Heshbon
is perished even unto Dibon,
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and we have laid them waste
even unto Nophah, which reacheth
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unto Medeba. Thus Israel dwelt
in the land of the Amorites.
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And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer
and they took the villages
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thereof and drove out
the Amorites that were there.
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And they turned and went up by
the way of Bashan: and Og, the
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king of Baxhan went out against
them, he, and all his people,
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to the battle at Edrei.
And the Lord said unto Moses,
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Fear him not: for I have
delivered him into thy hand,
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and all his people, and his land
and thou shalt do to him as thou
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did unto Sihon, king of
the Amorites, which dwelt at
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Heshbon. So they smote him, and
his sons, and all his people,
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until there was none left
him alive and they possessed
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his land. We're
continuing to read in Numbers,
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Chapter 22 and this is
the King James version.
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And the children of Israel
set forward, and pitched in the
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plains of Moab on this
side Jordan by Jericho.
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And Balak the son of Zippor
saw all that Israel had done
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to the Amorites. And Moab
was sore afraid of the people,
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because they were many:
and Moab was distressed because
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of the children of Israel.
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And Moab said unto
the elders of Midian,
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Now shall this company lick
up all that are round about us,
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as the ox licketh up the grass
of the field? And Balak the son
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of Zippor was king of
the Moabites at that time.
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He sent messengers therefore
unto Balaam the son of Beor to
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Pethor, which is be the river of
the land of the children of his
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people, to call him, saying,
Behold there is a people come
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out from Egypt: behold, they
cover the face of the earth,
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and they abide over against me:
Come now therefore, I pray thee,
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curse me this people; for
they are too mighty for me:
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peradventure I shall prevail,
that we may smite them, and that
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I may drive them out of the
land: for I wot that he whom
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thou blessest is blessed, and
he whom thou cursest is cursed.
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And the elders of Moab and the
elders of Midian departed with
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the rewards of divination in
their hand; and they came unto
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Balaam and spake unto him the
words of Balak. And he said unto
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them lodge here this night
and I will bring you word again
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as the Lord shall speak unto me:
and the princes of Moab abode
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with Balaam. And God came unto
Balaam, and said, What men are
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these with thee? And Balaam
said unto God, Balak the son of
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Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent
unto me, saying, Behold there is
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a people come out of Egypt,
which covereth the face of the
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earth: come now, curse me them;
peradventure I shall be able to
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overcome them and drive them
out. And God said unto Balaam,
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Thou shalt not go with them;
thou shalt not curse the people:
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for they are blessed. And Balaam
rose up in the morning, and said
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unto the princes of Balak, Get
you into your land: for the Lord
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refuses to give me
leave to go with you.
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And the princes of Moab rose
up, and they went unto Balak,
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and said, Balaam
refuseth to come with us.
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And Balak sent yet
again princes, more, and more
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honorable than they. And they
came to Balaam, and said to him,
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Thus saith Balak, the son of
Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee
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hinder thee from coming unto
me for I will promote thee unto
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very great honor, and I will do
whatsoever thou sayest unto me:
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Come therefore I pray
thee, curse me this people.
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And Balaam answered and
said unto the servants of Balak,
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If Balak would give me his
house full of silver and gold, I
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cannot go beyond the
word of the Lord my God
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to do less or more. Now
therefore I pray you, tarry ye
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also here this night that I may
know what the Lord will say unto
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me more. God came unto Balaam
at night, and said unto him
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if the men come to call
thee, rise up and go with them;
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but yet, the word which
I shall say unto thee, that
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shalt thou do. And
Balaam rose up in the morning,
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and saddled his ass, and
went with the princes of Moab.
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And God's anger was
kindled because he went:
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And the angel of the Lord stood
in the way for and adversary
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against him. Now he
was riding upon his ass,
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and his two servants were with
him. And the ass saw the angel
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of the Lord standing in the way,
and his sword drawn in his hand:
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and the ass turned
aside out of the way,
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and went into the field:
and Balaam smote the ass,
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to turn her into the way. But
the angel of the Lord stood in a
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path of the vineyards,
a wall being on this side,
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and a wall on that side.
And when the ass saw the angel
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of the Lord, she
thrust herself unto the wall,
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and crushed Balaam's
foot against the wall:
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and he smote her again. And the
angel of the Lord went further,
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and stood in a narrow
place, where was no way to turn
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either to the right
hand or to the left.
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And when the ass saw the
angel of the Lord, she fell down
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under Balaam: and
Balaam's anger was kindled,
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and he smote the
ass with a staff.
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And the Lord opened
the mouth of the ass,
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and she said unto Balaam,
What have I done unto thee,
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that thou hast
smitten me these three times?
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And Balaam said unto the ass,
Because thou hast mocked me:
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I would there were a sword
in mine hand, for now would I
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kill thee. And the ass said
unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass,
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upon which thou hast
ridden ever since I was thine
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unto this day? was I
ever wont to do so unto thee?
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And he said, Nay. Then the
Lord opened the eyes of Balaam,
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and he saw the angel of
the Lord standing in the way,
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and his sword drawn in his hand:
and he bowed down his head,
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and fell flat on his
face. And the angel of the Lord
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said unto him, Wherefore
hast thou smitten thine ass
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these three times? Behold
I went out to withstand thee,
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because thy way is
perverse before me:
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And the ass saw me and
turned from me these 3 times.
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unless she had turned
from me, surely now also
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I had slain thee,
and saved her alive.
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And Balaam said unto
the angel of the Lord,
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I have sinned; for I
knew not that thou stoodest
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in the way against me: now
therefore, if it displease thee,
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I will get me back
again. And the angel of the Lord
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said unto Balaam, Go with
the men: but only the word
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that I shall speak unto
thee, that thou shalt speak.
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So Balaam went with
the princes of Balak.
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And when Balak heard that
Balaam was come, he went out
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to meet him unto a city of Moab,
which is in the border of Arnon,
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which is in the utmost coast.
And Balak said unto Balaam,
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Did I not earnestly
send unto thee to call thee?
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Wherefore camest
thou not unto me?
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Am I not able indeed
to promote thee to honor?
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And Balaam said unto
Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee:
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have I now any power
at all to say any thing?
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the word that God putteth in
my mouth, that shall I speak.
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And Balaam went with Balak, and
they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.
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And Balak offered oxen
and sheep and sent to Balaam,
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and to the princes
that were with him.
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And it came to pass on the
morrow, that Balak took Balaam,
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and brought him up into
the high places of Baal,
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that thence he might see
the utmost part of the people.
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When we come back together again
next time, we will continue to
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read the story of Balaam. But
you know as I read that story
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it came to me that God uses even
animals to proclaim His message.
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And He needs to use each one
of us in humbleness of heart.
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Until we come together
again, may God bless you
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and keep you in
His care. Goodbye.
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