Numbers 23:3-12 And Balam sayd vnto Balac: stande by the Sacrifyce whyle I go to wete whether the Lorde wil come and mete me, & whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I wyl tel the, & he went forthewyth.

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ And Balam sayd vnto Balac: stande by the Sacrifyce whyle I go to wete whether the Lorde wil come and mete me, & whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I wyl tel the, & he went forthewyth. ⁴ And God came vnto Balam, & Balam sayed vnto hym: I haue prepared .vij. alters & haue offered vpon euerye alter, a bullock and a ram. ⁵ And the Lorde put a sayinge in Balams mouth and sayd: go agayne to Balac & say on thys wyse. ⁶ And he went againe vnto hym and loo, he stode by hys sacrifice, both he and all the Lordes of Moab. ⁷ And he began hys parable and said: Balac the king of Moab hath fette me from Mesopotamia out of the mountaynes of the east, sayinge: come and curse me Iacob, come & defye me Israel. ⁸ How shal I curse whom God curseth not and howe shall I defy whome the Lord defieth not? ⁹ from the toppes of the rockes I se hym, & from the hylles I behold him: loo, the people shal dwel by him selfe and shal not be rekened among other nations. ¹⁰ Who can tell the dust of Iacob and the numbre of the fourth parte of Israell. I pray God that my soul may dye the death of the rightuous and that my laste ende may be lyke his. ¹¹ And Balac sayed vnto Balam, what haste thou done vnto me? I fette the to curse myne enemies: and behold, thou blessest them. ¹² And he answered and sayed: must I not kepe that & speake it, whyche the Lorde hath put in my mouthe?