Numbers 23:3-12 And Balaam sayd vnto Balac: stande by the sacrifyce, and I wyll goo yf happly the Lorde wyll mete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell the, and he went forth alone.

Great⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ And Balaam sayd vnto Balac: stande by the sacrifyce, and I wyll goo yf happly the Lorde wyll mete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell the, and he went forth alone. ⁴ But God met Balaam, and Balaam sayde vnto hym: I haue prepared seuen alters, and haue offered vpon euery alter, an oxe and a ram. ⁵ And the Lorde put a sayinge in Balams mouth, and sayde: go agayn to Balac and saye on thys wyse. ⁶ And whan he went agayne vnto him, loo, he stode by hys sacrifice, he and all the Lordes of Moab. ⁷ And he toke vp hys parable and sayde Balac the kynge of Moab hath fett me from Mesopotamia out of the mountaynes of the east (sayinge:) come, curse Iacob for my sake: come, & defye Israel. ⁸ Howe shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? or howe shall I defye him, whom God hath not defyed? ⁹ from the toppe of the rockes I se hym, and from the hylles I beholde hym: loo, the people shall dwell by them selfe, and shall not be rekened among the nacyons. ¹⁰ Who can tell the dust of Iacob, and the nombre of the fourth parte of Israel? I praye God, that my soule maye dye the death of the ryghteous, & that my last ende maye be lyke hys. ¹¹ And Balac sayde vnto Balaam: what hast thou done vnto me? I fett the to curse myne enemyes, and beholde, thou hast blessed them. ¹² He answered and sayde: must I not kepe that & speake it, whych the Lorde hath put in my mouthe?