Hi, I am Kelly Mowrer and
thank you for coming apart with
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me to read the word of God
together. When we were last
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reading, we were reading
in the book of Numbers, of
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the story of Balaam. And Balak
had asked Balaam, the Prophet of
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God to come and curse
the Israelites, in hopes that
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it would offer some protection
to Balak and his people
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because God was granting them
great victories. And Balaam,
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learning his lesson
about obeying the Lord, finally
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says to Balak, "I will come
with you but I will only be able
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to speak the words
that the Lord gives me. "
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We are going to pick up
the story now, but before we
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do, let's pray together.
Dear Jesus, thank you so much
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for the lessons and the love
that you have preserved in Your
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word for us all these centuries.
Please send the Holy Spirit to
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be with us now as we
study. And the words,
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may we not just hear
them, but may they go deeply
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into our heart to bear fruit
to Your glory. We ask this in
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Your name and we thank You for
loving us. We love You so much.
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Amen. We're picking up
in Numbers, chapter 23.
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and this is the
King James version.
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And Balaam said unto Balak,
Build me here seven altars,
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and prepare me here
seven oxen and seven rams.
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And Balak did as Balaam had
spoken; and Balak and Balaam
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offered on every altar a bullock
and a ram. And Balaam said unto
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Balak, Stand by thy
burnt offering, and I will go:
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per-adventure the Lord will come
to meet me: and whatsoever He
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sheweth me I will tell thee.
And he went to an high place.
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And God met Balaam: and he
said unto him, I have prepared
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seven altars, and I have offered
upon every altar a bullock and
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a ram. And the Lord put a word
in Balaam's mouth, and said,
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Return unto Balak,
and thus thou shalt speak.
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And he returned unto him and, lo
he stood by his burnt sacrifice,
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he, and all the princes of Moab.
and he took up his parable,
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and said, Balak the king of
Moab hath brought me from Aram,
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out of the mountains of
the east, saying, Come, curse
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me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
How shall I curse, whom God
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hath not cursed? or how shall
I defy, whom the Lord hath not
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defied? For from the top of the
rocks I see him, and from the
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hills I behold him: lo,
the people shall dwell alone,
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and shall not be reckoned
among the nations. Who can count
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the dust of Jacob, and the
number of the fourth part of
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Israel?. Let me die the death
of the righteous, and let my
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last end be like his!
And Balak said unto Balaam,
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What hast thou done
unto me? I took thee to curse
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mine enemies, and, behold thou
hast blessed them altogether.
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And he answered and said, Must
I not take heed to speak that
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which the Lord has put in my
mouth? And Balak said unto him,
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Come, I pray thee, with me unto
another place, from whence thou
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mayest see them: thou shalt
see but the utmost part of them,
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and shalt not see them all:
and curse me them from thence.
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And he brought him into the
field of Zophim, to the top of
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Pisgah, and built seven altars,
and offered a bullock and a ram
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on every altar. And he
said unto Balak, Stand here
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by thy burnt offering,
while I meet the Lord yonder.
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And the Lord met Balaam,
and put a word in his mouth, and
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said, Go again unto Balak, and
say thus. And when he came to
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him behold, he stood by his
burnt offering, and the princes
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of Moab with him. And Balak
said unto him, What hath the
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Lord spoken? And he took up
his parable, and said, Rise up,
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Balak and hear; hearken unto me,
thou son of Zippor: God is not a
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man that he should lie; neither
the son of man, that he should
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repent: hath he said, and shall
he not do it? or hath he spoken,
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and shall he not make it
good? Behold, I have received
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commandment to bless: and
he hath blessed: and I cannot
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reverse it. He hath not beheld
iniquity in Jacob, neither hath
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he seen perverseness in Israel:
the Lord his God is with him,
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and the shout of a king is among
them. God brought them out of
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Egypt; he hath as it were
the strength of an unicorn.
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Surely there is no enchantment
against Jacob, neither is there
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any divination against Israel:
according to this time it shall
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be said of Jacob and of
Israel, What hath God wrought!
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Behold, the people shall rise
up as a great lion, and lift up
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himself as a young lion: he
shall not lie down until he eat
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of the prey, and drink
the blood of the slain.
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And Balak said unto Balaam,
Neither curse them at all,
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nor bless them at all. But
Balaam answered and said unto
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Balak, Told not I thee, saying,
All that the Lord speaketh,
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that I must do? And Balak said
unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee,
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I will bring thee unto another
place; per-adventure it will
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please God that thou mayest
curse me them from thence.
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And Balak brought Balaam unto
the top of Peor, that looketh
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toward Jeshimon. And Balaam
said unto Balak, Build me here
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seven altars, and prepare me
seven bullocks and seven rams.
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And Balak did as Balaam
had said, and offered a bullock
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and a ram on every altar.
We are reading in the book of
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Numbers, chapter 24 and
this is the King James Version.
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And when Balaam saw that
it pleased the Lord to bless
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Israel, he went not, as at other
times, to seek for enchantments,
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but he set his face toward the
wilderness. And Balaam lifted up
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his eyes, and he saw Israel
abiding in his tents according
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to their tribes; and the
spirit of God came upon him.
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And he took up his parable
and said, Balaam the son of Beor
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hath said, and the man
whose eyes are open hath said:
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He hath said, which heard
the words of God, which saw the
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vision of the
Almighty, falling into a trance,
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but having his eyes open: How
goodly are thy tents, O Jacob!
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and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
As the valleys are they spread
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forth, as gardens by the river's
side, as the trees of lign aloes
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which the Lord hath planted, and
as cedar trees beside the waters
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He shall pour the water out of
his buckets, and his seed shall
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be in many waters, and his
king shall be higher than Agag,
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and his kingdom shall be
exalted. God brought him forth
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out of Egypt. He hath as it
were the strength of an unicorn:
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He shall eat up the nations his
enemies, and shall break their
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bones, and pierce them through
with his arrows. He couched,
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he lay down as a lion, and as
a great lion: who shall stir him
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up, Blessed is he that blesseth
thee, and cursed is he that
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curseth thee. And Balak's anger
was kindled against Balaam,
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and he smote his hands together:
and Balak said unto Balaam,
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I called thee to curse
mine enemies, and behold,
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thou hast altogether
blessed them these three times.
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Therefore now flee thou to thy
place: I thought to promote thee
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unto great honour; but, lo,
the Lord hath kept thee back
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from honor. And Balaam said
unto Balak, Spake I not also
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to thy messengers which
thou sentest unto me, saying,
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If Balak would give me his
house full of silver and gold,
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I cannot go beyond the
commandment of the Lord,
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to do either good or
bad of mine own mind;
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but what the Lord
saith, that will I speak?
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And now, behold, I go
unto my people: come therefore,
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and I will advertise thee
what this people shall do to
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thy people in the latter days.
And he took up this parable, and
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said, Balaam, the son of Beor
hath said, and the man whose
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eyes are open hath said:
He Hath said, which heard
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the words of God, and knew
the knowledge of the most High,
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which saw the vision of the
Almighty, falling into a trance,
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but having his eyes open:
I shall see him, but not now:
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I shall behold him, but not
nigh: there shall come a Star
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out of Jacob, and a Scepter
shall rise out of Israel,
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and shall smite the corners
of Moab, and destroy all the
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children of Sheth. And
Edom shall be a possession,
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Seir also shall be a possession
for his enemies; and Israel
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shall do valiantly. Out of Jacob
shall come he that shall have
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dominion, and shall destroy
him that remaineth of the city.
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And when he looked on Amalek,
he took up his parable, and said
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Amalek was the first of
the nations; but his latter end
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shall be that he perish forever.
And he looked on the Kenites,
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and took up his parable,
and said, Strong is thy dwelling
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place and thou puttest thy
nest in a rock. Nevertheless
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the Kenite shall be wasted,
until Asshur, shall carry thee
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away captive. And he took
up his parable and said, Alas,
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who shall live when God
doeth this! And ships shall come
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from the coast of Chittim, and
shall afflict Asshur, and shall
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afflict Eber, and he also shall
perish for ever. And Balaam
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rose up and went and returned
to his place; and Balak also
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went his way. - Continuing
in Numbers, Chapter 25.
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This is the King James Version.
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And Israel abode in Chittim,
and the people began to commit
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whoredom with the daughters of
Moab. And they called the people
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unto the sacrifices of their
gods: and the people did eat,
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and bowed down to their
gods. And Israel joined himself
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unto Baalpeor: and the anger
of the Lord was kindled against
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Israel. And the Lord said unto
Moses, Take all the heads of
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the people, and hang them up
before the Lord against the sun,
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that the fierce anger of
the Lord may be turned away
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from Israel. And Moses
said unto the judges of Israel,
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Slay ye everyone of his men
that were joined unto Baalpeor.
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And behold, one of the children
of Israel came and brought
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unto his brethren a Midianitish
woman in the sight of Moses,
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and in the sight of all the
congregation of the children of
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Israel, who were weeping before
the door of the tabernacle
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of the congregation. And when
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar,
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the son of Aaron the priest,
saw it, he rose up from among
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the congregation, and took a
javelin in hi hand; and he went
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after the man of Israel
into the tent and thrust both of
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them through, the man of Israel,
and the woman through her belly.
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So the plague was stayed
from the children of Israel.
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And those that died in
the plague were 24,000.
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And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Phinehas, the son of
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Eleazar, the son of Aaron
the priest, hath turned my wrath
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away from the children of Israel
while he was zealous for my sake
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among them, that I consumed
not the children of Israel in my
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jealousy. Wherefore say, Behold
I give unto him my covenant
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of peace: And he shall have
it, and his seed after him, even
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the covenant of an everlasting
priesthood; because he was
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zealous for his God, and made
and atonement for the children
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of Israel. Now the name of
the Israelite that was slain
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even that was slain with the
Midianitish woman, was Zimri,
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the son of Salu, a prince of a
chief house among the Simeonites
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And the name of the Midianitish
woman that was slain,
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was Cozbi, the daughter of
Zur; he was head over a people,
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and of a chief house in Midian.
And the Lord spake unto Moses,
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saying, Vex the Midianites,
and smite them: For they vex you
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with their wiles,
wherewith they have beguiled you
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in the matter of Peor, and in
the matter of Cozbi the daughter
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of a prince of Midian,
their sister, which was slain
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in the day of the
plague for Peor's sake.
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We're continuing to
read in Numbers, chapter 26
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This is the King James Version.
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And it came to pass after the
plague, that the Lord spake unto
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Moses and unto Eleazar the
son of Aaron the priest, saying,
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Take the sum of
all the congregation
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of the children of Israel from
twenty years old and upward,
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throughout their father's house,
all that are able to go to war
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in Israel. And Moses and Eleazar
the priest spake with them
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in the plains of Moab by
Jordan near Jericho, saying
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Take the sum of the people,
from 20 years old and upward;
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as the Lord commanded Moses
and the children of Israel,
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which went forth out of the
land of Egypt. Reuben the eldest
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son of Israel, the children of
Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh
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the family of the Hanochites:
of Pallu, the family of the
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Palluites: of Hezron, the family
of the Hezronites: of Carmi,
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the family of the Carmites.
These are the families of the
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Reubenites: and they that were
numbered of them were 43,730.
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And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel,
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and Dathan and Abiram.
This is that Dathan and Abirum,
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which were famous in
the congregation, who strove
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against Moses and against
Aaron in the company of Korah,
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when they strove against
the Lord: And the earth opened
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her mouth and swallowed
them up together with Korah
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when that company died, what
time the fire devoured 250 men:
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and they became a sign.
Notwithstanding, the children
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of Korah died not.
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And then as we
continue in Numbers, we see that
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continuing with verse 12
and onward of chapter 26,
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the census continues. They are
taking the sum of all the tribes
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of the children of Israel. And
so we're going to move over to
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verse 51 of Numbers 26,
which concludes the counting of
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the sum. - These were the
numbered of the children of
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Israel, six hundred thousand
and a thousand seven hundred
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and thirty. And the Lord
spake unto Moses, saying,
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Unto these the land shall
be divided for an inheritance
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according to the number of
names. - We're going to stop
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there and just as a closing
thought, I wanted to reflect
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back on the prophecy of Balaam,
when he spoke of the looking
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ahead to the Messiah. He said,
We shall see Him, but not yet.
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For those of us who are looking
forward to the day that promise
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is true for us today as
well. We will see Him soon.
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Until next time, Goodbye.
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