Numbers 22 Cross References - DouayRheims

¹ And they went forward and encamped in the plains of Moab, over against where Jericho is situate beyond the Jordan. ² And Balac the son of Sephor, seeing all that Israel had done to the Amorrhite, ³ And that the Moabites were in great fear of him, and were not able to sustain his assault, ⁴ He said to the elders of Madian: So will this people destroy all that dwell in our borders, as the ox is wont to eat the grass to the very roots. Now he was at that time king in Moab. ⁵ He sent therefore messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, a soothsayer, who dwelt by the river of the land of the children of Ammon, to call him, and to say: Behold a people is come out of Egypt, that hath covered the face of the earth, sitting over against me. ⁶ Come therefore, and curse this people, because it is mightier than I: if by any means I may beat them and drive them out of my land: for I know that he whom thou shalt bless is blessed, and he whom thou shalt curse is cursed. ⁷ And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of Madian, went with the price of divination in their hands. And where they were come to Balaam, and had told him all the words of Balac: ⁸ He answered: Tarry here this night and I will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him: ⁹ What mean these men that are with thee? ¹⁰ He answered: Balac the son of Sephor king of the Moabites hath sent to me, ¹¹ Saying: Behold a people that is come out of Egypt, hath covered the face of the land: come and curse them, if by any means I may fight with them and drive them away. ¹² And God said to Balaam: Thou shalt not go with them, nor shalt thou curse the people: because it is blessed. ¹³ And he rose in the morning and said to the princes: Go into your country, because the Lord hath forbid me to come with you. ¹⁴ The princes returning, said to Balac: Balaam would not come with us. ¹⁵ Then he sent many more and more noble than he had sent before: ¹⁶ Who, when they were come to Balaam, said: Thus saith Balac the son of Sephor, Delay not to come to me: ¹⁷ For I am ready to honour thee, and will give thee whatsoever thou wilt: come and curse this people. ¹⁸ Balaam answered: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my God, to speak either more or less. ¹⁹ I pray you to stay here this night also, that I may know what the Lord will answer me once more. ²⁰ God therefore came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: If these men be come to call thee, arise and go with them: yet so, that thou do what I shall command thee. ²¹ Balaam arose in the morning, and saddling his ass went with them. ²² And God was angry. And an angel of the Lord stood in the way against Balaam, who sat on the ass, and had two servants with him. ²³ The ass seeing the angel standing in the way, with a drawn sword, turned herself out of the way, and went into the field. And when Balaam beat her, and had a mind to bring her again to the way, ²⁴ The angel stood in a narrow place between two walls, wherewith the vineyards were enclosed. ²⁵ And the ass seeing him, thrust herself close to the wall, and bruised the foot of the rider. But he beat her again: ²⁶ And nevertheless the angel going on to a narrow place, where there was no way to turn aside either to the right hand or to the left, stood to meet him. ²⁷ And when the ass saw the angel standing, she fell under the feet of the rider: who being angry beat her sides more vehemently with a staff. ²⁸ And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said: What have I done to thee? Why strikest thou me, lo, now this third time? ²⁹ Balaam answered: Because thou hast deserved it, and hast served me ill: I would I had a sword that I might kill thee. ³⁰ The ass said: Am not I thy beast, on which thou hast been always accustomed to ride until this present day? tell me if I ever did the like thing to thee. But he said: Never. ³¹ Forthwith the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel standing in the way with a drawn sword, and he worshipped him falling flat on the ground. ³² And the angel said to him: Why beatest thou thy ass these three times? I am come to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse, and contrary to me: ³³ And unless the ass had turned out of the way, giving place to me who stood against thee, I had slain thee, and she should have lived. ³⁴ Balaam said: I have sinned, not knowing that thou didst stand against me: and now if it displease thee that I go, I will return. ³⁵ The angel said: Go with these men, and see thou speak no other thing than what I shall command thee. He went therefore with the princes. ³⁶ And when Balac heard it he came forth to meet him in a town of the Moabites, that is situate in the uttermost borders of Arnon. ³⁷ And he said to Balaam: I sent messengers to call thee, why didst thou not come immediately to me? was it because I am not able to reward thy coming? ³⁸ He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth? ³⁹ So they went on together, and came into a city, that was in the uttermost borders of his kingdom. ⁴⁰ And when Balac had killed oxen and sheep, he sent presents to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. ⁴¹ And when morning was come, he brought him to the high places of Baal, and he beheld the uttermost part of the people.

⁹ And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where art thou? ¹⁰ And he said: I heard thy voice in paradise; and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself. ¹¹ And he said to him: And who hath told thee that thou wast naked, but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat?

⁹ And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered: I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

² And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed. ³ I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

¹⁶ And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.

¹⁷ And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chodorlahomor, and of the kings that were with him in the vale of Save, which is the king's vale.

⁸ He said to her: Agar, handmaid of Sarai, whence comest thou? and whither goest thou? And she answered: I flee from the face of Sarai, my mistress.

² And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near to him: and as soon as he saw them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground.

³ And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.

¹⁹ And God opened her eyes: and she saw a well of water, and went and filled the bottle, and gave the boy to drink.

¹⁶ By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake: ¹⁷ I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore; thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies. ¹⁸ And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.

²⁹ And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother's children bow down before thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings.

²⁴ And he saw in a dream God, saying to him: Take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against Jacob.

⁵⁴ And after he had offered sacrifices in the mountain, he called his brethren to eat bread. And when they had eaten, they lodged there:

²⁵ Joseph answered: The king's dream is one: God hath shewn to Pharao what he is about to do.

²⁹ And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him, wept.

¹⁵ And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day: ¹⁶ The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.

⁷ The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land. ⁸ In the mean time there arose a new king over Egypt, that knew not Joseph: ⁹ And he said to his people: Behold the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we. ¹⁰ Come let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply: and if any war shall rise against us, join with our enemies, and having overcome us, depart out of the land.

² And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire, and was not burnt. ³ And Moses said: I will go, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. ⁴ And when the Lord saw that he went forward to see, he called to him out of the midst of the bush. and said: Moses, Moses. And he answered: Here I am. ⁵ And he said: Come not nigh hither, put off the shoes from thy feet; for the place, whereon thou standest, is holy ground. ⁶ And he said: I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid his face: for he durst not look at God.

² Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod.

¹¹ The Lord said to him: Who made man's mouth? or who made the dumb and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? did not I?

²⁴ And when he was in his journey, in the inn, the Lord met him, and would have killed him.

²⁷ And Pharao sent and called Moses and Aaron, saying to them: I have sinned this time also, the Lord is just: I and my people, are wicked.

¹⁶ Wherefore Pharao in haste called Moses and Aaron, and said to them: I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. ¹⁷ But now forgive me my sin this time also, and pray to the Lord your God, that he take away from me this death.

¹⁵ Then were the princes of Edom troubled, trembling seized on the stout men of Moab: all the inhabitants of Chanaan became stiff.

⁷ And he went out to meet his kinsman, and worshipped and kissed him: and they saluted one another with words of peace. And when he was come into the tent,

²⁰ Behold I will send my angel, who shall go before thee, and keep thee in thy journey, and bring thee into the place that I have prepared.

⁸ And Moses making haste, bowed down prostrate unto the earth, and adoring,

¹ In the mean time there arose a murmuring of the people against the Lord, as it were repining at their fatigue. And when the Lord heard it he was angry. And the fire of the Lord being kindled against them, devoured them that were at the uttermost part of the camp.

⁶ He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.

³⁷ Died and were struck in the sight of the Lord.

⁴⁰ And behold rising up very early in the morning, they went up to the top of the mountain, and said: We are ready to go up to the place, of which the Lord hath spoken: for we have sinned.

³³ And they went down alive into hell, the ground closing upon them, and they perished from among the people. ³⁴ But all Israel, that was standing round about, fled at the cry of them that were perishing: saying: Lest perhaps the earth swallow us up also. ³⁵ And a fire coming out from the Lord, destroyed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

³ And the Lord heard the prayers of Israel, and delivered up the Chanaanite, and they cut them off and destroyed their cities: and they called the name of that place Horma, that is to say, Anathema.

¹³ Which they left and encamped over against Arnon, which is in the desert and standeth out on the borders of the Amorrhite. For Arnon is the border of Moab, dividing the Moabites and the Amorrhites. ¹⁴ Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord: As he did in the Red Sea, so will he do in the streams of Arnon.

²⁰ From Bamoth, is a valley in the country of Moab, to the top of Phasga, which looked towards the desert.

²⁰ From Bamoth, is a valley in the country of Moab, to the top of Phasga, which looked towards the desert. ²¹ And Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, saying: ²² I beseech thee that I may have leave to pass through thy land: we will not go aside into the fields or the vineyards, we will not drink waters of the wells, we will go the king's highway, till we be past thy borders. ²³ And he would not grant that Israel should pass by his borders: but rather gathering an army, went forth to meet them in the desert, and came to Jasa and fought against them. ²⁴ And he was slain by them with the edge of the sword, and they possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jeboc, and to the confines of the children of Ammon: for the borders of the Ammonites, were kept with a strong garrison. ²⁵ So Israel took all his cities, and dwelt in the cities of the Amorrhite, to wit, in Hesebon, and in the villages thereof. ²⁶ Hesebon was the city of Sehon the king of the Amorrhites, who fought against the king of Moab: and took all the land, that had been of his dominion, as far as the Arnon. ²⁷ Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon be built and set up: ²⁸ A fire is gone out of Hesebon, a flame from the city of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the high places of the Arnon.

²⁸ A fire is gone out of Hesebon, a flame from the city of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the high places of the Arnon. ²⁹ Woe to thee Moab: thou art undone, O people of Chamos. He hath given his sons to flight, and his daughters into captivity to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites. ³⁰ Their yoke is perished from Hesebon unto Dibon, they came weary to Nophe, and unto Medaba. ³¹ So Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorrhite. ³² And Moses sent some to take a view of Jazer: and they took the villages of it, and conquered the inhabitants. ³³ And they turned themselves, and went up by the way of Basan, and Og the king of Basan came against them with all his people, to fight in Edrai. ³⁴ And the Lord said to Moses: Fear him not, for I have delivered him and all his people, and his country into thy hand: and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites, the inhabitant of Hesebon. ³⁵ So they slew him also with his sons, and all his people, not letting any one escape, and they possessed his land.

² And Balac the son of Sephor, seeing all that Israel had done to the Amorrhite,

⁶ Come therefore, and curse this people, because it is mightier than I: if by any means I may beat them and drive them out of my land: for I know that he whom thou shalt bless is blessed, and he whom thou shalt curse is cursed. ⁷ And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of Madian, went with the price of divination in their hands. And where they were come to Balaam, and had told him all the words of Balac:

⁷ And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of Madian, went with the price of divination in their hands. And where they were come to Balaam, and had told him all the words of Balac: ⁸ He answered: Tarry here this night and I will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him:

¹² And God said to Balaam: Thou shalt not go with them, nor shalt thou curse the people: because it is blessed. ¹³ And he rose in the morning and said to the princes: Go into your country, because the Lord hath forbid me to come with you. ¹⁴ The princes returning, said to Balac: Balaam would not come with us.

¹⁶ Who, when they were come to Balaam, said: Thus saith Balac the son of Sephor, Delay not to come to me: ¹⁷ For I am ready to honour thee, and will give thee whatsoever thou wilt: come and curse this people.

¹⁷ For I am ready to honour thee, and will give thee whatsoever thou wilt: come and curse this people. ¹⁸ Balaam answered: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my God, to speak either more or less. ¹⁹ I pray you to stay here this night also, that I may know what the Lord will answer me once more. ²⁰ God therefore came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: If these men be come to call thee, arise and go with them: yet so, that thou do what I shall command thee.

²⁰ God therefore came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: If these men be come to call thee, arise and go with them: yet so, that thou do what I shall command thee.

²⁰ God therefore came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: If these men be come to call thee, arise and go with them: yet so, that thou do what I shall command thee. ²¹ Balaam arose in the morning, and saddling his ass went with them. ²² And God was angry. And an angel of the Lord stood in the way against Balaam, who sat on the ass, and had two servants with him.

²⁸ And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said: What have I done to thee? Why strikest thou me, lo, now this third time?

³² And the angel said to him: Why beatest thou thy ass these three times? I am come to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse, and contrary to me:

³⁵ The angel said: Go with these men, and see thou speak no other thing than what I shall command thee. He went therefore with the princes.

³⁷ And he said to Balaam: I sent messengers to call thee, why didst thou not come immediately to me? was it because I am not able to reward thy coming? ³⁸ He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth?

² And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar.

² And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar. ³ And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.

³ And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.

⁵ And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.

⁷ And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: make haste and detest Israel.

⁷ And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: make haste and detest Israel. ⁸ How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?

¹² He answered him: Can I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth? ¹³ Balac therefore said: Come with me to another place from whence thou mayest see part of Israel, and canst not see them all: curse them from thence.

¹³ Balac therefore said: Come with me to another place from whence thou mayest see part of Israel, and canst not see them all: curse them from thence. ¹⁴ And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram,

¹⁴ And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram, ¹⁵ He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him. ¹⁶ And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him.

¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie, nor is the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil? ²⁰ I was brought to bless, the blessing I am not able to hinder.

²³ There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. In their times it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God hath wrought.

²⁶ And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?

²⁹ Balaam said to him: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams. ³⁰ Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laid on every altar, a calf and a ram.

³⁰ Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laid on every altar, a calf and a ram.

¹ And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel, he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert,

⁴ The bearer of the words of God hath said, he that hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes are opened:

⁹ Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a lioness, whom none shall dare to rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall also himself be blessed: he that curseth thee shall be reckoned accursed.

¹¹ Return to thy place. I had determined indeed greatly to honour thee, but the Lord hath deprived thee of the honour designed for thee.

¹³ If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to utter any thing of my own head either good or evil: but whatsoever the Lord shall say, that I will speak?

¹⁶ The hearer of the words of God hath said, who knoweth the doctrine of the Highest, and seeth the visions of the Almighty, who falling hath his eyes opened: ¹⁷ I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth

² Who called them to their sacrifices. And they ate of them, and adored their gods. ³ And Israel was initiated to Beelphegor: upon which the Lord being angry,

¹⁵ And the Madianite woman, that was slain with him, was called Cozbi the daughter of Sur, a most noble prince among the Madianites. ¹⁶ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ¹⁷ Let the Madianites find you their enemies, and slay you them: ¹⁸ Because they also have acted like enemies against you, and have guilefully deceived you by the idol Phogor, and Cozbi their sister, a daughter of a prince of Madian, who was slain in the day of the plague for the sacrilege of Phogor.

⁸ And their kings Evi, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, five princes of the nation: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword.

¹⁹ Neither will we seek any thing beyond the Jordan, because we have already our possession on the east side thereof,

⁴⁸ And departing from the mountains of Abarim, they passed to the plains of Moab, by the Jordan, over against Jericho. ⁴⁹ And there they camped from Bethsimoth even to Ablesatim in the plains of the Moabites, ⁵⁰ Where the Lord said to Moses:

¹⁵ That is, two tribes and a half, have received their portion beyond the Jordan over against Jericho at the east side.

¹³ These are the commandments and judgment, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to the children of Israel, in the plains of Moab upon the Jordan over against Jericho.

⁵ Beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab. And Moses began to expound the law, and to say:

²⁴ Arise ye, and pass the torrent Arnon: Behold I have delivered into thy hand Sehon king of Hesebon the Amorrhite, and begin thou to possess his land and make war against him. ²⁵ This day will I begin to send the dread and fear of thee upon the nations that dwell under the whole heaven: that when they hear thy name they may fear and tremble, and be in pain like women in travail.

⁸ And we took at that time the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jordan: from the torrent Arnon unto the mount Hermon,

² Destroy all the places in which the nations, that you shall possess, worshipped their gods upon high mountains, and hills, and under every shady tree:

⁹ Thou shalt number unto thee seven weeks from that day, wherein thou didst put the sickle to the corn.

⁴ Because they would not meet you with bread and water in the way, when you came out of Egypt: and because they hired against thee Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, to curse thee. ⁵ And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee.

⁴ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out thy corn on the floor.

²⁹ Blessed art thou, Israel: who is like to thee, O people, that art saved by the Lord? the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy glory: thy enemies shall deny thee, and thou shalt tread upon their necks.

¹ Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab upon mount Nebo, to the top of Phasga over against Jericho: and the Lord shewed him all the land of Galaad as far as Dan.

⁸ And the children of Israel mourned for him in the plains of Moab thirty days: and the days of their mourning in which they mourned Moses were ended.

¹⁰ We have heard that the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea, at your going in, when you came out of Egypt: and what things you did to the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jordan, Sehon and Og whom you slew. ¹¹ And at the hearing these things, we were affrighted, and our heart fainted away, neither did there remain any spirit in us, at your coming in: for the Lord your God he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath.

²⁴ And said: the Lord hath delivered all this land into our hands, and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear.

¹⁶ The waters that came down from above stood in one place, and swelling up like a mountain, were seen afar off, from the city that is called Adom, to the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath, ran down into the sea of the wilderness, (which now is called the Dead Sea) until they wholly failed.

²⁴ They answered: It was told us, thy servants, that the Lord thy God had promised his servant Moses, to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants thereof. Therefore we feared exceedingly and provided for our lives, compelled by the dread we had of you, and we took this counsel.

²¹ And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdoms of Sehon king of the Amorrhites, that reigned in Hesebon, whom Moses slew with the princes of Madian: Hevi, and Recem, and Sur and Hur, and Rebe, dukes of Sehon inhabitants of the land. ²² Balaam also the son of Beor the soothsayer, the children of Israel slew with the sword among the rest that were slain.

²² Balaam also the son of Beor the soothsayer, the children of Israel slew with the sword among the rest that were slain.

⁹ And Balac son of Sephor king of Moab arose and fought against Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you:

¹⁸ And went round the land of Edom at the side, and the land of Moab: and came over against the east coast of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon: and he would not enter the bounds of Moab.

²⁵ Unless, perhaps, thou art better than Balac, the son of Sephor, king of Moab: or canst shew that he strove against Israel, and fought against him,

⁵ And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have. ⁶ And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, that they should say: Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the Lord. ⁷ And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee. For they have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them. ⁸ According to all their works, they have done from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until this day: as they have forsaken me, and served strange gods, so do they also unto thee. ⁹ Now, therefore, hearken to their voice: but yet testify to them, and foretell them the right of the king, that shall reign over them.

⁷ And Saul said to his servant: Behold we will go: but what shall we carry to the man of God? the bread is spent in our bags: and we have no present to make to the man of God, nor any thing at all. ⁸ The servant answered Saul again, and said: Behold there is found in my hand the fourth part of a sicle of silver, let us give it to the man of God, that he may tell us our way.

¹² But seeing that Naas, king of the children of Ammon, was come against you, you said to me: Nay, but a king shall reign over us: whereas the Lord your God was your king. ¹³ Now, therefore, your king is here, whom you have chosen and desired: Behold the Lord hath given you a king. ¹⁴ If you will fear the Lord, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and not provoke the mouth of the Lord: then shall both you, and the king who reigneth over you, be followers of the Lord your God. ¹⁵ But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord, but will rebel against his words, the hand of the Lord shall be upon you, and upon your fathers. ¹⁶ Now then stand, and see this great thing which the Lord will do in your sight. ¹⁷ Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain: and you shall know, and see that you yourselves have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, in desiring a king over you. ¹⁸ And Samuel cried unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day. ¹⁹ And all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. And all the people said to Samuel: Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king.

¹⁰ And when he had made an end of offering the holocaust, behold Samuel came: and Saul went forth to meet him and salute him.

²⁴ And Saul said to Samuel: I have sinned, because I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words, fearing the people, and obeying their voice.

³⁰ Then he said: I have sinned: yet honour me now before the ancients of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord thy God.

⁴³ And the Philistine said to David: Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

^{17 (24:18)} And he said to David: Thou art more just than I: for thou hast done good to me, and I have rewarded thee with evil.

²¹ And Saul said: I have sinned; return, my son David, for I will no more do thee harm, because my life hath been precious in thy eyes this day: for it appeareth that I have done foolishly, and have been ignorant in very many things.

¹³ And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die.

²⁴ And when he was gone, a lion found him in the way, and killed him, and his body was cast in the way: and the ass stood by him, and the lion stood by the dead body. ²⁵ And behold, men passing by, saw the dead body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body. And they came and told it in the city, wherein that old prophet dwelt. ²⁶ And when that prophet, who had brought him back out of the way, heard of it, he said: It is the man of God, that was disobedient to the mouth of the Lord, and the Lord hath delivered him to the lion, and he hath torn him, and killed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to him. ²⁷ And he said to his sons: Saddle me an ass. And when they had saddled it, ²⁸ And he was gone, he found the dead body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten of the dead body, nor hurt the ass.

⁶ Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and he said to them: Shall I go to Ramoth Galaad to fight, or shall I forbear? They answered: Go up, and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.

⁸ And the king of Israel said to Josaphat. There is one man left, by whom we may inquire of the Lord; Micheas, the son of Jemla: but I hate him, for he doth not prophecy good to me, but evil. And Josaphat said: Speak not so, O king.

¹³ And the messenger that went to call Micheas, spoke to him, saying: Behold the words of the prophets with one mouth declare good things to the king: let thy word, therefore, be like to theirs, and speak that which is good. ¹⁴ But Micheas said to him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.

¹⁷ And Eliseus prayed, and said: Lord, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the servant, and he saw: and behold, the mountain was fu]l of horses, and chariots of fire round about Eliseus.

¹⁷ And Eliseus prayed, and said: Lord, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the servant, and he saw: and behold, the mountain was fu]l of horses, and chariots of fire round about Eliseus. ¹⁸ And the enemies came down to him: but Eliseus prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike, I beseech thee, this people with blindness: and the Lord struck them with blindness, according to the word of Eliseus. ¹⁹ And Eliseus said to them: This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will shew you the man whom you seek. So he led them into Samaria. ²⁰ And when they were come into Samaria, Eliseus said: Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw themselves to be in the midst of Samaria.

²⁰ And he said: Proclaim a festival for Baal. And he called,

¹⁴ And Isaias, the prophet, came to king Ezechias, and said to him: What said these men? or from whence came they to thee? And Ezechias said to him: From a far country, they came to me out of Babylon. ¹⁵ And he said: What did they see in thy house? Ezechias said: They saw all the things that are in my house: There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

⁷ And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded: and he struck Israel.

¹⁶ And David lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand, turned against Jerusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in haircloth, fell down flat on the ground.

¹⁵ And he made to himself priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

¹³ And Micheas answered him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever my God shall say to me, that will I speak.

¹ And on that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people: and therein was found written, that the Ammonites and the Moabites should not come in to the church of God for ever: ² Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water: and they hired against them Balaam, to curse them, and our God turned the curse into blessing.

² Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water: and they hired against them Balaam, to curse them, and our God turned the curse into blessing.

¹¹ And he declared to them the greatness of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and with how great glory the king had advanced him above all his princes and servants.

⁹ And Harbona, one of the eunuchs that stood waiting on the king, said: Behold the gibbet which he hath prepared for Mardochai, who spoke for the king, standeth in Aman's house, being fifty cubits high. And the king said to him: Hang him upon it.

¹³ Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked: ¹⁴ They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night. ¹⁵ But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.

¹⁵ By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds: ¹⁶ Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn. ¹⁷ That he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing, and may deliver him from pride.

³¹ Seeing then I have spoken of God, I will not hinder thee in thy turn. ³² If I have erred, teach thou me: if I have spoken iniquity, I will add no more.

^{20 (9:21)} Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.

¹⁰ The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.

¹⁰ The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes. ¹¹ But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

^{6 (36:7)} Thy justice is as the mountains of God, thy judgments are a great deep. Men and beasts thou wilt preserve, O Lord:

^{5 (53:6)} They have not called upon God: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. For God hath scattered the bones of them that please men: they have been confounded, because God hath despised them.

^{6 (75:7)} For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert hills:

^{10 (76:11)} For the thought of man shall give praise to thee: and the remainders of the thought shall keep holiday to thee.

³⁰ they were not defrauded of that which they craved. As yet their meat was in their mouth: ³¹ And the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones amongst them, and brought down the chosen men of Israel.

³⁴ When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and came to him early in the morning.

^{12 (81:13)} So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.

²⁴ And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies.

¹⁷ But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death. ¹⁸ And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his bones.

²⁸ They will curse and thou wilt bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice.

¹⁵ They have called the people happy, that hath these things: but happy is that people whose God is the Lord.

⁹ The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

⁵ Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

⁹ Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that call upon him.

¹⁵ My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths. ¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

¹⁰ The just regardeth the lives of his beasts: but the bowels of the wicked are cruel.

¹⁶ A fool immediately sheweth his anger: but he that dissembleth injuries is wise.

² He that walketh in the right way, and feareth God, is despised by him that goeth by an infamous way.

¹⁶ A wise man feareth, and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over, and is confident.

²¹ There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

¹⁸ Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

² As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.

³ A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both. ⁴ Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?

⁶ Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.

¹⁸ He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways, shall fall at once.

³ This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell.

² And it shall come to pass, that as a bird fleeing away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be in the passage of Arnon.

⁵ When it shall be heard in Egypt, they will be sorry when they shall hear of Tyre:

¹¹ Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the envious people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thy enemies.

²⁶ Hast thou not heard what I have done to him of old? from the days of old I have formed it: and now I have brought it to effect: and it hath come to pass that hills fighting together, and fenced cities should be destroyed. ²⁷ The inhabitants of them were weak of hand, they trembled, and were confounded: they became like the grass of the field, and the herb of the pasture, and like the grass of the housetops, which withered before it was ripe. ²⁸ I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. ²⁹ When thou wast mad against me, thy pride came up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit between thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

²⁹ When thou wast mad against me, thy pride came up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit between thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

²⁵ That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that make their knowledge foolish.

¹⁰ Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done:

¹² Stand now with thy enchanters, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast laboured from thy youth, if so be it may profit thee any thing, or if thou mayst become stronger.

¹² Stand now with thy enchanters, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast laboured from thy youth, if so be it may profit thee any thing, or if thou mayst become stronger. ¹³ Thou hast failed in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers stand and save thee, they that gazed at the stars, and counted the months, that from them they might tell the things that shall come to thee.

¹¹ And most impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.

⁷ The kite in the air hath known her time: the turtle, and the swallow, and the stork have observed the time of their coming: but my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.

² Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root: they prosper and bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

²⁰ Moab is confounded, because he is overthrown: howl ye, and cry, tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is wasted.

³⁵ And I will take away from Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and that sacrificeth to his gods.

³⁸ Upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof general mourning: because I have broken Moab as an useless vessel, saith the Lord.

⁴ Daleth. He hath bent his bow as an enemy, he hath fixed his right hand as an adversary: and he hath killed all that was fair to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion, he hath poured out his indignation like fire.

⁶ They see vain things, and they foretell lies, saying: The Lord saith: whereas the Lord hath not sent them: and they have persisted to confirm what they have said.

¹⁹ And they violated me among my people, for a handful of barley, and a piece of bread, to kill souls which should not die, and to save souls alive which should not live, telling lies to my people that believe lies.

² And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ³ Son of man, these men have placed their uncleannesses in their hearts, and have set up before their face the stumblingblock of their iniquity: and shall I answer when they inquire of me? ⁴ Therefore speak to them, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Man, man of the house of Israel that shall place his uncleannesses in his heart, and set up the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and shall come to the prophet inquiring of me by him: I the Lord will answer him according to the multitude of his uncleannesses: ⁵ That the house of Israel may be caught in their own heart, with which they have departed from me through all their idols.

³¹ And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

⁴⁵ According as thou sawest, that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and broke in pieces the clay and the iron, and the brass, and the silver, and the gold, the great God hath shewn the king what shall come to pass hereafter, and the dream is true, and the interpretation thereof is faithful.

^{31 (4:28)} And while the word was yet in the king's mouth, a voice came down from heaven: To thee, O king Nabuchodonosor, it is said: Thy kingdom shall pass from thee. ^{32 (4:29)} And they shall cast thee out from among men, and thy dwelling shall be with cattle and wild beasts: thou shalt eat grass like an ox, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

¹⁷ To which Daniel made answer, and said before the king: thy rewards be to thyself, and the gifts of thy house give to another: but the writing I will read to thee, O king, and shew thee the interpretation thereof.

⁷ And I, Daniel alone, saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw it not: but an exceeding great terror fell upon them, and they fled away, and hid themselves.

⁴ And the Lord said to him: Call his name Jezrahel: for yet a little while, and I will visit the blood of Jezrahel upon the house of Jehu, and I will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

⁶ Wherefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will stop it up with a wall, and she shall not find her paths.

⁴ And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us. ⁵ Even the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.

¹¹ I will give thee a king in my wrath, and will take him away iu my indignation.

¹¹ And shall I not spare Ninive, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons, that know how to distinguish between their right hand and their left, and many beasts?

¹¹ Her princes have judged for bribes: and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come among us.

⁵ O my people, remember, I pray thee, what Balach, the king of Moab, purposed: and what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him, from Setim to Galgal, that thou mightest know the justice of the Lord.

⁸ Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, ⁹ And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me.

²² Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name?

⁷ Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him.

¹⁹ For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

²⁶ For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

²⁴ For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect.

⁴ Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they said: What is that to us? Look thou to it. ⁵ And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed and went and hanged himself with an halter.

¹⁹ And as he was sitting in the place of judgment, his wife sent to him, saying: Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

³⁷ Because no word shall be impossible with God.

⁶ And he said to him: To thee will I give all this power and the glory of them. For to me they are delivered: and to whom I will, I give them.

¹⁶ But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.

³¹ And their eyes were opened: and they knew him. And he vanished out of their sight.

⁴⁴ How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek?

⁵¹ And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation.

⁶ As soon therefore as he had said to them: I am he; they went backward and fell to the ground.

⁹ There was therefore great joy in that city. Now there was a certain man named Simon who before had been a magician in that city, seducing the people of Samaria, giving out that he was some great one: ¹⁰ To whom they all gave ear, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the power of God, which is called great.

²⁰ Keep thy money to thyself, to perish with thee: because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

⁷ And when the angel who spoke to him was departed, he called two of his household servants and a soldier who feared the Lord, of them that were under him. ⁸ To whom when he had related all, he sent them to Joppe.

¹⁰ Said: O full of all guile and of all deceit, child of the devil, enemy of all justice, thou ceases not to pervert the right ways of the Lord.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain girl having a pythonical spirit met us, who brought to her masters much gain by divining.

⁹ And they that were with me saw indeed the light: but they heard not the voice of him that spoke with me.

¹⁸ To open their eyes, that they may be converted from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a lot among the saints, by the faith that is in me.

¹⁵ And from thence, when the brethren had heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns. Whom when Paul saw, he gave thanks to God and took courage.

⁶ As David also termeth the blessedness of a man to whom God reputeth justice without works: ⁷ Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven: and whose sins are covered.

²² For we know that every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain, even till now.

²⁹ For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.

¹⁸ For they that are such serve not Christ our Lord but their own belly: and by pleasing speeches and good words seduce the hearts of the innocent.

¹⁹ For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise: and the prudence of the prudent I will reject.

²⁷ But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise: and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong.

²⁷ But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise: and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong. ²⁸ And the base things of the world and the things that are contemptible, hath God chosen: and things that are not, that he might bring to nought things that are:

²⁸ And the base things of the world and the things that are contemptible, hath God chosen: and things that are not, that he might bring to nought things that are: ²⁹ That no flesh should glory in his sight.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ:

⁹ Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders: ¹⁰ And in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish: because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ^{11 (2:10)} Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying: ^{12 (2:11)} That all may be judged who have not believed the truth but have consented to iniquity.

⁹ For they that will become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

¹¹ Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

¹⁶ They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him: being abominable and incredulous and to every good work reprobate.

¹⁹ You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak and slow to anger.

³ And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not: and their perdition slumbereth not.

¹⁴ Having eyes full of adultery and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring unstable souls: having their heart exercised with covetousness: children of malediction. ¹⁵ Leaving the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor who loved the wages of iniquity,

¹⁵ Leaving the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor who loved the wages of iniquity,

¹⁵ Leaving the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor who loved the wages of iniquity, ¹⁶ But had a check of his madness, the dumb beast used to the yoke, which, speaking with man's voice, forbade the folly of the prophet.

¹⁶ But had a check of his madness, the dumb beast used to the yoke, which, speaking with man's voice, forbade the folly of the prophet.

¹¹ Woe unto them! For they have gone in the way of Cain: and after the error of Balaam they have for reward poured out themselves and have perished in the contradiction of Core.

¹⁴ But I have against thee a few things: because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat and to commit fornication.