Numbers 23:4 Cross References - Bishops

⁴ But God met Balaam, & [Balaam] sayd vnto hym: I haue prepared seuen aulters, and haue offred vpon euery aulter an oxe and a ramme

⁹ And God came vnto Balaam, and sayd: What men are these with thee

²⁰ And God came vnto Balaam by night, and sayde vnto hym: If the men come to call thee, ryse vp and go with them: but loke what I say vnto thee, that shalt thou do

¹ And Balaam said vnto Balac: Buylde me here seuen aulters, & prepare me here seuen oxen & seuen rammes

¹⁶ And the Lord met Balaam, and put a worde in his mouth, and sayd: Go agayne vnto Balac, and say thus

³ Wherefore fast we [say they] and thou seest it not? we put our liues to straitnesse, and thou regardest it not ⁴ Beholde, when ye fast, your lust remayneth still, for ye do no lesse violence to your detters: lo, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smite with your fist without mercy: Nowe ye shall not fast thus, that your voyce might be hearde aboue

¹² Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day

¹² I fast twise in the weeke, I geue tithe of all that I possesse

² They shall excomunitate you: yea the time shall come, that who so euer kylleth you, wyll thynke that he doth God seruice

²⁷ Where is then thy boastyng? It is excluded. By what lawe? Of workes? Nay, but by the lawe of fayth

⁹ Not of workes, lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe