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The Holy Bible in Modern English. Revised Edition.
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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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RF NUM 22:1 Then the children of Israel marched and encamped again at the fords of Moab, at the ford of the Torrent, opposite Jerikho.
RF NUM 22:2 Balak Sends for Balaam.
When Balak the son of Tzifor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,
RF NUM 22:3 Moab was greatly terrified at the presence of the People,—for they were many,—and Moab was startled at the sight of the children of Israel.
RF NUM 22:4 Therefore Moab said to the judges of Midian, "Now this Crowd is licking up all round about us, like a bullock licks up the grass of the field!" So Balak the son of Tzifor, the king of Moab, was terrified.
RF NUM 22:5 Consequently he sent ambassadors to Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the sons of Amo, to invite him, saying;—
The Letter to Balaam.
"A nation has come out from the Mitzeraim and covers the face of the country, and it occupies my borders.
RF NUM 22:6 So, now, I pray you to come and curse this People for me, for it is stronger than mine, so that I may be able to defeat and drive it from the country; for I know that whoever you bless is lucky, and whoever you curse is unfortunate!"
RF NUM 22:7 The princes of Moab consequently went, with the princes of Midian, with presents in their hands, and came to Balaam, and gave him the message of Balak, and he replied,
RF NUM 22:8 "Stay here to-night, and I will return to you the answer that the EVER-LIVING dictates to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
RF NUM 22:9 But a Divine Messenger came to Balaam and asked, "Who are these men with you?"
RF NUM 22:10 And Balaam replied, "Balak the son of Tzifor, king of Moab, has sent to me, There is a People that has come from Mitzer and it covers the face of the country.
RF NUM 22:11 Now come, curse it for me, so that I may be able to fight with, and drive it away!'"
RF NUM 22:12 Then the Messenger replied to Balaam," You must not go with them, nor curse this People—for it is blessed."
RF NUM 22:13 Balaam therefore arose in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, "Return to your own country, for the EVER-LIVING refuses to allow me to go with you!"
RF NUM 22:14 So the princes of Moab arose and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refused to come with us!"
RF NUM 22:15 However Balak proceeded to send again more princes, and of higher
RF NUM 22:16 rank than the former, and they came to Balaam and said to him; "Balak the son of Tzifor says thus;—' Do not refuse, I pray you, to come to me,
RF NUM 22:17 for I will honour you very greatly, and whatever you demand of me I will do; only come, I entreat you, to curse this People for me!'"
RF NUM 22:18 But Balaam replied and said; "If Balak would give to me his palace full of silver and gold, I should not be able to pass beyond the command of the EVER-LIVING GOD, to do little or much.
RF NUM 22:19 But yet rest yourselves, I beg, here to-night, and I will learn what the EVER-LIVING may say again to me."
RF NUM 22:20 A Divine Messenger then came to Balaam at night and said to him, "If these men invite you, arise, go with them. But you shall execute the command that I shall command you!"
RF NUM 22:21 Therefore Balaam arose at daybreak, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
RF NUM 22:22 But GOD was angry because he went, and placed a Messenger of the EVER-LIVING in the path to oppose him as he rode on his ass, and the two youths with him,
RF NUM 22:23 and the ass saw the Messenger of JEHOVAH stationed in the path with a drawn sword in his hand; so the-ass turned out of the path and went on to the field. But Balaam struck the ass to turn her into the path.
RF NUM 22:24 Then the Messenger of JEHOVAH placed himself in the hollow path of a vineyard, with a wall on both sides.
RF NUM 22:25 But the ass saw the Messenger of JEHOVAH and she pressed against the wall, and squeezed the leg of Balaam against the wall, and refused to go forward.
RF NUM 22:26 Then the Messenger of JEHOVAH passed on, and stationed himself in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or to the left.
RF NUM 22:27 But the ass saw the Messenger of JEHOVAH, and crouched down under Balaam. And Balaam was furious, and struck the ass with his stick.
RF NUM 22:28 Then the EVER-LIVING opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Balaam "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"
RF NUM 22:29 But Balaam answered the ass;—"Because you have vexed me! I wish there were a sword handy to me, that I might kill you on the spot!"
RF NUM 22:30 The ass, however, replied to Balaam, "Am I not your own ass, upon whom you have ridden from the day I was yours? Have I been accustomed to do this to you?" And he answered "No."
RF NUM 22:31 Then JEHOVAH opened the eyes of Balaam, and he also saw the Messenger of the EVER-LIVING standing in the path, with a drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed and made reverence before him.
RF NUM 22:32 But the Messenger of the EVER-LIVING said to him, "Why have you struck your ass these three times? I was sent to oppose you, for your conduct is perverse before me,
RF NUM 22:33 and the ass saw me, and turned from my face these three times. If she had not turned away from me, I should most certainly have struck and slain you, but yet preserved her alive."
RF NUM 22:34 Then Balaam said to the Messenger of JEHOVAH, "I have sinned! But I did not know that you stood to meet me in the path. Yet now if I am wrong in your sight I will return home?"
RF NUM 22:35 The Messenger of the EVER-LIVING, however, replied to Balaam, "Go with these men;—but except the words that I shall command you, utter nothing." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
RF NUM 22:36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him to Ar of Moab, which is on the banks of the Arnon where his border ends,
RF NUM 22:37 and Balak said to Balaam; "Did I not send to you to invite you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not quite able to honour you?"
RF NUM 22:38 But Balaam answered Balak;—"Although I have come to you, I am not now able to speak a word except what the EVER-LIVING puts into my mouth! That I must utter!"
RF NUM 22:39 The First Sacrifice of Balak and Balaam.
Then Balaam walked with Balak, and they went into the Palace gardens,
RF NUM 22:40 where Balak sacrificed an ox and a sheep, and sent them to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
RF NUM 22:41 But in the morning Balak took Balaam, and ascended the tower of Bal, and showed from there the whole mass of the People.




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