Numbers 23 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then said Balaam unto Balak: Build me here, seven altars,––and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams. ² And Balak did, as Balaam had spoken,––and Balak and Balaam caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar. ³ Then said Balaam unto Balak: Station thyself by thine ascending–sacrifice, and let me go my way––peradventure, Yahweh may come and meet me, and, what thing soever he may show me, I will tell thee. So he went his way to a bare height. ⁴ And God came unto Balaam,––so he said unto him––The seven altars, have I built in a row, and have caused to ascend, bullock and a ram on each altar. ⁵ And Yahweh put a word into the mouth of Balaam,––and said––Return unto Balak, and, thus, shalt thou speak. ⁶ So he returned unto him, and lo! he was stationed by his ascending–sacrifice,––he, and all the princes of Moab. ⁷ So he took up his parable and said,––From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel. ⁸ How can I revile one whom GOD, hath not reviled? Yea, how can I rage on one on whom Yahweh, hath not raged? ⁹ Surely, from the head of the rocks, do I see him, Yea, from the hills, do I observe him,––Lo! a people, who alone, doth dwell, And, among the nations, he doth not reckon himself. ¹⁰ Who, hath counted the dust of Jacob? Or who, hath numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my hereafter be like his! ¹¹ Then said Balak unto Balaam, What hast thou done for me? To revile mine enemies, I summoned thee, and lo! thou hast, kept on blessing. ¹² And he answered and said,––Was it not [to be so] that, whatsoever Yahweh should put into my mouth, the same, should I take heed to speak?
¹³ Then said Balak unto him––Come, I pray thee, with me, unto another place, from whence thou mayest see him, nothing but his utmost part, shalt thou see, but, all of him, shalt thou not see,––and so revile me him, from thence. ¹⁴ And he took him to the field of Zophim, unto the head of Pisgah,––and built seven altars, and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar. ¹⁵ Then said he to Balak, Station thyself here, by thine ascending–sacrifice,––while, I, meet him yonder. ¹⁶ And Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth,––and said––Return unto Balak, and, thus, shalt thou speak. ¹⁷ So he came in unto him, and, there he was,––stationed by his ascending–sacrifice, and the princes of Moab, with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Yahweh spoken? ¹⁸ Then took he up his parable, and said,––Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me, son of Zippor! ¹⁹ GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor, a son of Adam, that he should repent,––Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast? ²⁰ Lo! to bless, have I received [command], ––And I will bless, nor will I take it back. ²¹ He hath not discovered trouble, in Jacob, Neither hath he seen wretchedness in Israel,––Yahweh, his God, is with him, And, the acclaim of a king, in his midst: ²² GOD having brought them forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his: ²³ Surely, there is no enchantment against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel,––Now, shall it be said––Of Jacob, and of Israel, What, hath GOD wrought! ²⁴ Lo, a people, like a lioness, shall rise, And, like a strong lion, shall rouse himself up; He will not lie down, till he eat the torn, And, the blood of the slain, he drink. ²⁵ Then said Balak unto Balaam, Thou shalt neither, revile, him,––nor, bless, him. ²⁶ And Balaam responded, and said unto Balak,––Spake I not unto thee, saying, All that Yahweh shall speak, that, must I do? ²⁷ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee! let me take thee unto another place,––peradventure, it may be right in the eyes of God, that thou revile me him, from thence. ²⁸ So Balak took Balaam,––unto the head of Peor, that looketh over the face of the Jeshimon. ²⁹ And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here, seven altars,––and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams. ³⁰ And Balak did as Balaam said,––and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

²⁴ An altar of earth, shalt thou make to me, then shalt thou offer thereupon thine ascending–sacrifices, and thy peace–offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen. In every place where I may mention my name, will I come in unto thee, and will bless thee.

¹ And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood,––of five cubits length, and five cubits breadth, four square, shall the altar be, and three cubits the height thereof. ² And thou shalt make its horns upon its four corners, of the same, shall be its horns,––and thou shalt overlay it with copper. ³ And thou shalt make its pans for removing its ashes, and its shovels, and its sprinkling bowls, and its flesh–hooks, and its fire–pans,––all its vessels, shalt thou make of bronze. ⁴ And thou shalt make to it a grating, a network of bronze,––and thou shalt make, upon the network, four rings of bronze, upon the four corners thereof. ⁵ And thou shalt place it under the margin of the altar, beneath,––so shall the network reach unto the midst of the altar. ⁶ And thou shalt make staves, for the altar, staves of acacia wood,––and shalt overlay them with copper. ⁷ And the staves shall be brought into the rings,––so shall the staves be on the two sides of the altar, in lifting it: ⁸ Hollow, with boards, shalt thou make it,––as it was showed thee in the mount, so, shall they make it.

²⁹ And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here, seven altars,––and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams.

³² And, on the seventh day, seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he–lambs a year old, without defect;

²² Then said Samuel––Doth that which is pleasing unto Yahweh consist in ascending–offerings and sacrifices, So much as in hearkening unto the voice of Yahweh? Lo! to hearken, is, better, than, sacrifice. And, to give heed, than, the fat of rams;

²² But, if ye should say unto me, In Yahweh our God, do we trust, Then is that not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath removed, and said unto Judah, and unto Jerusalem––Before this altar, shall ye bow down, in Jerusalem?

²⁶ And so it was that, when God helped the Levites, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.

²¹ And they brought in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven young sheep, and seven he–goats for bearing sin, for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah,––and he bade the sons of Aaron, the priests, cause them to ascend upon the altar of Yahweh.

⁸ Now, therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go unto my servant Job, and ye shall offer up an ascending–sacrifice in your own behalf, and, Job my servant, shall pray over you,––for, him, will I accept, that I may not deal out to you disgrace, because ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.

⁸ Not, for thy sacrifices, will I reprove thee, Nor for thine ascending–offerings, before me continually: ⁹ I will not take out of thy house––a bullock, Nor out of thy folds––he–goats;

⁸ The sacrifice of lawless men, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, the prayer of the upright, is his delight.

¹¹ Of what use to me, is your multitude of sacrifices? Saith Yahweh: I am sated with ascending–offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts,––In the blood of bulls and young rams and he–goats, have I no pleasure. ¹² When ye enter to see my face, Who hath required this at your hand, trampling my courts? ¹³ Ye shall not again, bring in an empty, present, Incense, an abomination, is that, unto me! New moon, and sabbath, calling an assembly––I cannot endure, iniquity and sacred festival! ¹⁴ Your new moons, and your appointed feasts, my soul, hateth,––They have become unto me a burden I am too weary to bear: ¹⁵ Even when ye spread forth your open palms, I hide mine eyes from you; Yea, though ye multiply, prayers, I am not hearkening,––Your hands, with deeds of blood, are filled.

³¹ That they may come unto thee as people do, come, And may sit before thee, [as] my people, And they will hear thy words, But, the words themselves, will they not do,––though, fond with their mouths, they, seem to be, After their unjust gain, their heart, is going.

²³ and, the seven days of the festival, shall he offer as an ascending–sacrifice to Yahweh, seven bullocks and seven rams without defect, daily, for the seven days,––and, as a sin–bearer, a young goat, daily;

¹³ But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because ye are locking up the kingdom of the heavens before men,––for, ye, are not entering, neither, them who are entering, suffer ye to enter.

¹¹ Alas for them! because––in the way of Cain have they gone, and, in the error of Balaam’s wage, have they run riot, and, in the gainsaying of Korah, have they perished.

¹⁴ And he took him to the field of Zophim, unto the head of Pisgah,––and built seven altars, and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

³⁰ And Balak did as Balaam said,––and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

²⁰ And Noah builded an altar to Yahweh,––and took of all the clean beasts, and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending sacrifices to go up on the altar.

² And he said––Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, even, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah,––and cause him to ascend there, as an ascending–sacrifice, on one of the mountains, which I shall name unto thee.

⁷ Then said Isaac unto Abraham his father, then said he: My father! And he said, Behold me, my son,––And he said, Behold––the fire, and the pieces of wood,––but where is the lamb, for an ascending–sacrifice? ⁸ And Abraham said, God, will provide for himself the lamb, for an ascending–sacrifice, my son! So they went on their way, both of them, together.

¹³ And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and lo! a ram, behind, caught in a thicket by his horns,––and Abraham went, and took the ram, and caused him to ascend as an ascending–sacrifice, instead of his son.

¹² Then took Jethro, father–in–law of Moses, an ascending–offering and sacrifices to God,––and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came in, to eat bread with the father–in–law of Moses before God.

¹ Then called he unto Moses,––and Yahweh spake unto him, out of the tent of meeting, saying:

⁸ And he said unto them––Tarry ye here for the night, and I will bring you back word, as Yahweh shall speak unto me. So the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. ⁹ And God came in unto Balaam,––and said, Who are these men, with thee?

³¹ Then did Yahweh unveil the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the messenger of Yahweh stationed in the road, with his sword drawn, in his hand,––so he bent his head and bowed down before him. ³² And the messenger of Yahweh said unto him, Wherefore, hast thou smitten thine ass, these three times? Lo! I myself, am come forth to withstand thee, because headlong, was thy way before me. ³³ And the ass hath seen me, and hath turned aside at my presence, these three times: Unless she had turned aside from my presence, yea, now, even thee, had I slain, but, her, had I suffered to live. ³⁴ Then said Balaam unto the messenger of Yahweh––I have sinned, for I knew not, that, thou, wast stationed to meet me in the road,––Now, therefore, if it be displeasing in thine eyes, I must get me back again. ³⁵ And the messenger of Yahweh said unto Balaam––Go with the men: Only, the word that I shall speak unto thee, that, shalt thou speak. So Balaam went his way with the princes of Balak.

¹⁵ Then said he to Balak, Station thyself here, by thine ascending–sacrifice,––while, I, meet him yonder.

¹ And, when Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of Yahweh, to bless Israel, he went not as at other times, to invoke enchantments,––but set, towards the desert, his face.

⁹ And God came in unto Balaam,––and said, Who are these men, with thee?

²⁰ And God came in unto Balaam, by night, and said unto him––If, to call thee, the men have come in, arise, go with them,––But only, the thing that I shall speak unto thee, that, shalt thou do.

¹ Then said Balaam unto Balak: Build me here, seven altars,––and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams.

¹⁶ And Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth,––and said––Return unto Balak, and, thus, shalt thou speak.

³ Wherefore have we Fasted and thou hast not seen? Humbled our soul, and thou wouldst take no note? Lo! in the day of your fast, ye take pleasure, But all your toilers, ye drive on! ⁴ Lo! for strife and contention, ye fast, And to smite with the fist of lawlessness,––Ye shall not fast as today, To cause to be heard, on high, your voice!

¹² These last, one hour, wrought, and thou hast made them, equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day, and the scorching heat.

¹² I fast twice in the week, I give a tenth of whatsoever things I gain!

² Excommunicants from the synagogue, will they make you; Nay! there cometh an hour, that, every one who killeth you, shall think to be rendering, divine service, unto God!

²⁷ Where, then, the boasting! It is excluded. Through what kind of law? Of works? Nay! but through a law of faith:

⁹ Not from works, lest anyone should boast.

³⁵ And the messenger of Yahweh said unto Balaam––Go with the men: Only, the word that I shall speak unto thee, that, shalt thou speak. So Balaam went his way with the princes of Balak.

¹⁸ A prophet, will I raise up unto them, out of the midst of their brethren, like unto thee,––and I will put my words in his mouth, so shall he speak unto them whatsoever I shall command him.

¹ To man, belong the preparations of the heart, but, from Yahweh, cometh the answer of the tongue.

⁹ A man’s heart, deviseth his way, but, Yahweh, directeth his steps.

¹⁶ Therefore have I put my words in thy mouth, And, with the shadow of my hand, have I covered thee,––To plant the heavens, and, To lay the foundations of the earth, and, To say unto Zion, My people, thou art!

²¹ And, as for me, this, shall be my covenant with them, Saith Yahweh: My spirit that is upon thee, And my words which I have put in thy mouth,––Shall not be taken out of thy mouth––Nor out of the mouth of thy seed, Nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, Saith Yahweh, From henceforth even unto times age–abiding.

⁹ Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth,––and Yahweh said unto me, Lo! I have put my words, in thy mouth.

¹² For, the Holy Spirit, shall teach you, in that very hour, what ye ought to say.

⁵¹ This, however, from himself, he spake not, but, being, High–priest, for that year, he prophesied, that Jesus was about to die for the nation;

²² The sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur,––and Arpachshad, and Lud and Aram.

² Rise, go thy way to Padan–aram to the house of Bethuel, thy mother’s father,––and take thee from thence, a wife, of the daughters of Laban, thy mother’s brother.

⁷ And that Jacob hearkened unto his father, and unto his mother,––and took his journey to Padan–aram.

⁵ So he sent messengers unto Balaam son of Boor, to Pethor, which was by the river of the land of the sons of his people, to call him,––saying––Lo! a people, hath come forth out of Egypt, Lo! he hath covered the eye of the land, Yea, he, is tarrying over against me. ⁶ Now, therefore, do come, I pray thee, curse me this people, For, stronger, he is, than I, If peradventure I prevail, we shall smite him, That I may drive him out of the land,––For I know that, he whom thou dost bless, is to be blessed, And, he whom thou dost curse, is to be cursed.

¹¹ Lo! the people that hath come forth out of Egypt––he covereth the eye of the land. Now, do come, do revile me him, Peradventure I shall prevail in making war with him, And shall drive him out.

¹⁷ For I will, honour, thee, exceedingly, and, all that thou shalt say unto me, will I do. Do come therefore, I pray thee, oh revile me this people.

¹⁸ Then took he up his parable, and said,––Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

³ and he took up his parable, and said,––The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, Yea the oracle of the man, of opened eye;

¹⁵ So he took up his parable and said,––The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, Yea the oracle of the man, of opened eye;

²¹ And, when he saw the Kenite, he took up his parable, and said,––Enduring, thy dwelling–place, Set thou, then, in the crag, thy nest;

²³ And he took up his parable, and said,––Alas! who shall survive its fulfillment by GOD;

⁴ because they met you not with bread and water, in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt,––but hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

¹⁰ And the Philistine said––I, reproach the ranks of Israel, this day,––give me a man, that we may fight together.

²⁵ And the men of Israel said––Have ye seen this man that is coming up? For, to reproach Israel, is he coming. So then it shall be, that, the man that shall smite him, the same, will the king enrich with great riches, and, his own daughter, will give him, and, his father’s house, will he make free in Israel. ²⁶ Then spake David unto the men that were standing by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that shall smite yonder Philistine, and so shall take away reproach from off Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he hath reproached the ranks of a Living God?

³⁶ Thy servant could slay, either a lion or a bear,––and, this uncircumcised Philistine, shall become, as one of them, for he hath reproached the ranks of a Living God.

⁴⁵ Then said David unto the Philistine––Thou, art coming unto me with sword, and with spear, and with javelin,––but, I, am coming unto thee in the name of Yahweh of hosts, God of the ranks of Israel which thou hast reproached.

²¹ but, when he reproached Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah David’s brother, smote, him.

⁹ And, after him, Eleazar son of Dodo, son of Ahohi,––in the hero–class of mighty men, with David, when they reproached the Philistines, they were gathered together there to battle, but the men of Israel had gone up;

¹ And Job again took up his measure, and said:––

¹ And Job again took up his measure, and said,

² I will open, in a parable, my mouth, I will pour forth enigmas out of antiquity; ––

² As a sparrow in wandering, as a swallow in flying, so, a causeless curse, shall not alight.

² Son of man, Put thou forth a riddle, And speak thou a parable,––Unto the house of Israel:

⁴⁹ Then said I, Ah! My Lord, Yahweh: They, are saying of me, Is, not he a, putter forth of parables?

⁴ In that day, shall one take up against you a by–word, and lament a lamentable lamentation, saying––we are made, utterly desolate, the portion of my people, he passeth to others,––How doth he set me aside! To an apostate, our fields, doth he apportion.

⁶ Shall not, these, all of them, against him, take up––a taunt, a mocking poem, enigmatical sentences––concerning him? And say––Alas! for him who maketh abundance in what is not his own, How long? that he should be burdening himself with heavy debts?

³³ Another parable, [spake he unto them]:––The kingdom of the heavens is like, unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until, the whole, was leavened.

³⁵ that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken through the prophet, saying––I will open, in parables, my mouth, I will bring up things hidden from the foundation!

¹² And they were seeking, to secure, him,––and were in fear of the multitude; for they perceived that, against them, the parable he had spoken. And, leaving him, they departed.

¹² And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them,––Thou shalt not curse the people, For, blessed, he is.

²⁰ Lo! to bless, have I received [command], ––And I will bless, nor will I take it back.

²³ Surely, there is no enchantment against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel,––Now, shall it be said––Of Jacob, and of Israel, What, hath GOD wrought!

²⁵ Frustrating the signs of praters, And, diviners, he confoundeth,––Turning wise men backwards, And, their knowledge, he maketh folly;

¹² Take thy stand, I pray thee, With thy spells, And with the throng of thine incantations, wherein thou hast wearied thyself from thy youth,––Peradventure, thou mayest be able to profit, Peradventure, thou mayest strike me with terror. ¹³ Thou hast worn thyself out with the mass of thy consultations,––Let them take their stand, I pray thee, that they may save thee––The dividers of the heavens––The gazers at the stars, They who make known by new moons, Somewhat of the things which shall come upon thee.

⁵ Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine, as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth; ⁶ But, ye, shall be mine, As a kingdom of priests, And a holy nation. These, are the words, which thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel.

¹⁶ Whereby, indeed, shall it be known, then, that I have found favour in thine eyes, I, and thy people? Shall it not be, by thy going on with us? So shall we be more distinguished, I, and thy people, than any people that are on the face of the ground.

⁸ When the Most High gave inheritances unto the nations, When he spread abroad the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel.

²⁸ Thus hath Israel settled down securely, Alone, the fountain of Jacob, Within a land both of corn and new wine,––His heaven also droppeth down dew.

² for they have taken of their daughters, for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have intermingled themselves among the peoples of the lands,––and, the hand of the rulers and the deputies, hath, in this unfaithfulness, been, foremost.

⁸ Then said Haman unto King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people, scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples, throughout all the provinces of thy kingdom,––whose laws, are diverse from every people, and, the laws of the king, they observe not, for the king, therefore, it is not fit, to suffer them.

²⁸ Thou, do not fear, O my Servant Jacob, Urgeth Yahweh, For, with thee, am I: Though I make an end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, Yet, of thee, will I not make an end, But will correct thee in, measure, And not hold thee, guiltless!

⁹ For lo! I am giving command, and will sift, throughout all the nations, the house of Israel,––as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall there not fall a kernel, to the earth.

⁸ For I affirm Christ to have become a minister of circumcision in behalf of the truth of God,––to confirm the promises of the fathers, ⁹ And that, the nations, for mercy should glorify God:––even as it is written––For this cause, will I openly confess unto thee among nations, and, unto thy name, will strike the strings; ¹⁰ And again he saith––Be glad ye nations with his people;

¹⁷ Wherefore come ye forth out of their midst, and be separated,––saith [the] Lord,––and, one impure, do not touch; and, I, will give you welcome,

¹² That ye were, in that season, separate from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and godless in the world; ¹³ But, just now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who at one time were afar off, were made nigh in the blood of the Christ;
¹⁴ He, in fact, is our peace––who made both one, and, the enclosing middle–wall, took down,

¹⁴ Who gave himself up in our behalf, that he might redeem us from all manner of lawlessness, and purify for himself a people as his own treasure––zealous of noble works.

⁹ But, ye, are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a peculiar treasure, that, the excellences, ye may tell forth, of him who, out of darkness, hath called you into his marvelous light:––

¹⁶ and I will make thy seed, as the dust of the earth,––so that, if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.

¹⁷ That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea,––that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes:

¹⁴ And thy seed shall become, as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth westward and eastward, and northward and southward,––And all the families of the ground shall be blessed in thee, and in thy seed.

⁹ All they who are numbered to the camp of Judah, a hundred and eighty–six thousand, four hundred, by their hosts, shall first set forward.

¹⁶ All they who are numbered to the camp of Reuben,––a hundred and fifty–one thousand, and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts, and they, in the second rank, shall set forward.

²⁴ All they who are numbered to the camp of Ephraim, a hundred and eight thousand, and one hundred, by their hosts, and they, in the third rank, shall set forward.

³¹ All they who are numbered to the camp of Dan, a hundred and fifty–seven thousand, and six hundred, in the hindmost rank, shall they set forward, by their standards.

³⁷ Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is a hereafter for the man of peace;

¹⁵ Costly in the eyes of Yahweh, is, death, for his men of lovingkindness.

³² By his own wickedness, shall the lawless man, be thrust down, but the righteous, seeketh refuge in his integrity.

¹ The righteous one, hath perished, And, not a man, hath taken it to heart––Yea, the men of lovingkindness, have been withdrawn, No one considering, That, from the presence of calamity, hath the righteous been withdrawn. ² He entereth into peace, Let them rest upon their couches,––Each one who went on a straight path.

²⁹ Now, dost thou dismiss thy servant, O Sovereign, according to thy declaration––in peace; ³⁰ Because mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

²¹ So then, let, no one, be boasting in men; for, all things, are yours–– ²² Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all, are, yours,

⁵³ For this corruptible must needs clothe itself with incorruptibility, and this mortal, clothe itself, with immortality. ⁵⁴ But, whensoever, this mortal, shall clothe itself with immortality, then, shall be brought to pass the saying that is written––Death hath been swallowed up, victoriously; ⁵⁵ Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting? ⁵⁶ Now, the sting of death, is, sin, and, the power of sin, is, the law; –– ⁵⁷ But, unto God, be thanks, who is giving unto us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹ For we know that––if, our earthly tent–dwelling, should be taken down, we have, a building of God, a dwelling not made by hand, age–abiding in the heavens.

²¹ For, unto me––living, is Christ, and, dying, gain. ²² But, if living in flesh, [is Christ], this, unto me, is a fruit of work,––and, what I shall choose, I make not known: ²³ I am held in constraint, however, by reason of the two,––having, the coveting, to be released, and to be with, Christ, for it were far better!

⁶ For, I, already, am being poured out as a drink–offering, and, the season of my release, is at hand,–– ⁷ The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept: ⁸ Henceforth, lieth by for me––the crown, of righteousness, which the Lord will render unto me in that, day,––The righteous judge,––Ye, not alone unto me, but unto all them also who have loved his forthshining.

¹³ Right, nevertheless, I account it––as long as I am in this tent, to be stirring you up by putting you in remembrance, ¹⁴ Knowing that, speedy, is the putting off of my tent––even as, our Lord Jesus Christ also, made clear to me: ¹⁵ Yea, I will give diligence also, that, at every time, ye may be able, after my own departure, to be keeping up the remembrance of, these very things.

¹³ And I heard a voice out of heaven, saying––Write! Happy, the dead who, in the Lord, do die, from henceforth. Yea! (saith the Spirit) that they may rest from their toils, for, their works, do follow with them.

⁷ So he took up his parable and said,––From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel. ⁸ How can I revile one whom GOD, hath not reviled? Yea, how can I rage on one on whom Yahweh, hath not raged?

¹⁰ Then kindled the anger of Balak against Balaam, and he smote together his hands,––and Balak said unto Balaam––To revile my foes, I called thee, And lo! thou hast, kept on blessing, these three times.

² because they met not the sons of Israel, with bread and with water,––but hired against them Balaam, to curse them, although our God turned the curse into a blessing.

¹⁷ Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him; ¹⁸ Because he clothed himself in cursing as his outer garment, therefore may it have entered like water into his inward part, and like oil into his bones; ¹⁹ Be it his, as a garment he shall wrap round him, and for a girdle he shall, at all times, gird on: ²⁰ This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.

³⁸ And Balaam said unto Balak––Lo! I am come unto thee, Now, can, I, possibly, promise, anything? The word that God shall put in my mouth, that, must I speak.

²⁶ And Balaam responded, and said unto Balak,––Spake I not unto thee, saying, All that Yahweh shall speak, that, must I do?

¹³ Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, yet could I not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh, to do good or ill, out of my own heart,––what Yahweh shall speak, that, must I speak?

²⁵ Though he make gracious his voice, do not trust him, for, seven abominations, are in his heart:

¹⁸ For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly,––and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent.

¹⁶ God, they confess that they know, but, by their works, they deny him, being, abominable, and obdurate, and, as to any good work, found, worthless.

⁴¹ And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up the high places of Baal,––and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.

⁹ Then rose up Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab, and made war with Israel,––and sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you;

²³ And, the servants of the king of Syria, said unto him,––Gods of the mountains, are their gods, for this cause, prevailed they against us,––but, only let us fight with them in the plain, and verily we shall prevail against them.

²⁸ Then approached the man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said––Thus, saith Yahweh––Because the Syrians have said––A god of the mountains, is Yahweh, but, not a god of the vales, is he, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude, into thy hand, so shalt thou know, that, I, am Yahweh.

¹⁷ Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him;

⁵ O my people! remember, I pray you, what Balak king of Moab, counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor, answered him,––from the Acacias as far as Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Yahweh.

⁹ Therewith, are we blessing our Lord and Father, and, therewith, we are cursing the men who, after the likeness of God, have been brought into being! ¹⁰ Out of the same mouth, come forth blessing and cursing! Not meet, my brethren, for, these things, thus, to be coming to pass!

²⁰ and, from Bamoth of the valley, which is in the field–country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah,––which overlooketh Jeshimon.

¹ Then said Balaam unto Balak: Build me here, seven altars,––and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams. ² And Balak did, as Balaam had spoken,––and Balak and Balaam caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

²⁷ Ascend the top of the Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes––westward, and northward, and southward and eastward––and see with thine own eyes,––for thou shalt not pass over this Jordan.

⁴⁹ and all the waste plain over the Jordan, towards sunrise, even unto the sea of the waste plain,––under the slopes of the Pisgah.

¹ So then Moses went up, from the waste plains of Moab, into Mount Nebo, the head of Pisgah, which is over against Jericho,––and Yahweh showed him all the land––even Gilead as far as Dan;

¹⁰ Hear the word of Yahweh, ye rulers of Sodom,––Give ear to the instruction of our God, ye people of Gomorrah:–– ¹¹ Of what use to me, is your multitude of sacrifices? Saith Yahweh: I am sated with ascending–offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts,––In the blood of bulls and young rams and he–goats, have I no pleasure.

⁶ They who pour gold out of a purse, And who weigh silver, in a balance,––[Who] hire a goldsmith, that he may make it into a GOD, They adore, yea they bow down;

¹¹ If, Gilead, is in sorrow, surely false, have they been, In Gilgal, have they sacrificed, bullocks,––their very altars, shall become as heaps upon the furrows of the field.

⁸ And he said unto them––Tarry ye here for the night, and I will bring you back word, as Yahweh shall speak unto me. So the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

³ Then said Balaam unto Balak: Station thyself by thine ascending–sacrifice, and let me go my way––peradventure, Yahweh may come and meet me, and, what thing soever he may show me, I will tell thee. So he went his way to a bare height.

⁵ And Yahweh put a word into the mouth of Balaam,––and said––Return unto Balak, and, thus, shalt thou speak.

¹⁷ And he said––What is the word, which he spake unto thee? I pray thee, do not hide it from me. So, let God do to thee, and, so, let him add, if thou hide from me a word, out of anything which he hath spoken unto thee.

¹⁷ then sent King Zedekiah––and fetched him, and the king, asked him, in his own house, secretly, and said,––Is, there a word from Yahweh? And Jeremiah said,––There is, for (said he), Into the hand of the king of Babylon, shalt thou be delivered!

²⁰ And, Ehud, came in unto him, he, having been sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself, alone, and Ehud said, A divine word, have I, unto thee. So he arose from off his seat.

²⁹ Moreover also, the Eminence of Israel, will not lie, neither will he repent,––For no, iron of earth, is, he, to repent!

¹⁷ and hast made this seem little in thine eyes, O God, in that thou hast spoken concerning the house of thy servant, for a great while to come? Thus wilt thou provide for me, according to the rank of manhood, and hast exalted me, O Yahweh God!

³⁵ One thing, have I sworn by my holiness, Verily, to David, will I not lie;

⁹ I cannot execute the glow of mine anger, I cannot turn to destroy Ephraim,––for, GOD, am, I, and not man, When thou drawest near, [I am] a Holy One, though I do not enter a city.

²⁰ Thou wilt grant––the faithfulness to Jacob, the lovingkindness to Abraham,––which thou didst swear to our fathers, from the days of ancient time.

³ For yet is the vision for an appointed time, still, it presseth towards an end, and will not deceive,––if it tarry, wait thou for it, for it, surely cometh,––will not be too late.

⁶ Because, I, Yahweh, have not changed, therefore, ye, the sons of Jacob, have not been utterly consumed.

³³ Heaven and earth, will pass away, but, my word, in nowise will pass away.

²⁹ For, not to be regretted, are the gifts and the calling of God:––

² In hope of life age–abiding; which God, who cannot lie, promised before age–during times,

¹⁸ In order that, through means of two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to make himself false, a mighty consolation, we might have, who have fled along to grasp, the fore–lying hope,

¹⁷ Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is, from above, coming down from the Father of lights––with whom is no alternation, nor shadow cast, by turning:

² That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee, and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;

¹⁸ And Balaam responded, and said unto the servants of Balak, Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.

¹³ Even from Today, I, am He, And none, out of my hand, can deliver,––I work, and who, reverseth?

²⁷ My sheep, unto my voice, hearken,––and, I, know, them, and they follow me,–– ²⁸ And, I, give unto them life age–abiding, and in nowise shall they perish, unto times age–abiding; and no one shall carry them off out of my hand. ²⁹ What, my Father, hath given me, is, something greater than all, and, no one, can carry off out of the hand of my Father:––

³⁸ For I am persuaded that––neither death nor life, nor messengers nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, ³⁹ Nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁵ who, in God’s power, are being guarded through faith unto salvation––ready to be revealed in the last ripe time:

²¹ Now, Yahweh, was going before them––by day, in a pillar of cloud to lead them the way, and, by night, in a pillar of fire to give them light,––that they might journey day and night:

⁴⁵ Thus will I make my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel,––and will be their God; ⁴⁶ and they shall know that, I––Yahweh, am their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might make my habitation in their midst, I––Yahweh, their God.

¹⁴ So then he said,––Mine own presence, shall go on, thus will I give thee rest. ¹⁵ And he said unto him,––If thy presence is not going on, do not take us up from hence. ¹⁶ Whereby, indeed, shall it be known, then, that I have found favour in thine eyes, I, and thy people? Shall it not be, by thy going on with us? So shall we be more distinguished, I, and thy people, than any people that are on the face of the ground.

⁹ and said––If, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, O My Lord, I pray thee let My Lord go on, in our midst,––although, a stiff–necked people, it is, so wilt thou pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as thine own.

⁵ Thus became he, in Jeshurun, a king,––When the heads of the people gathered themselves together, As one man, the tribes of Israel. [Reuben]––

¹³ And Gideon said unto him––Pardon, my lord! if Yahweh be with us, then wherefore hath all this befallen us? and where are all his wonders, which our fathers have recounted to us––saying, Was it not, out of Egypt, that Yahweh brought us up? But, now, hath Yahweh abandoned us, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.

¹² And lo! with us as Head, is God himself, and his priests, and the trumpets of alarm, to sound an alarm against you,––O sons of Israel! do not fight against Yahweh God of your fathers, for ye shall not prosper.

⁴ Yea, though I walk through a valley death–shadowed, I will fear no harm, for, thou, art with me, Thy rod and thy staff, they, comfort me.

² How happy the son of earth, to whom Yahweh will not reckon iniquity! and in whose spirit is no guile!

⁵ My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. [Selah.]

⁷ Yahweh of hosts, is with us, A high tower for us, is the God of Jacob. [Selah.]

¹¹ Yahweh of hosts, is with us, A high tower for us, is the God of Jacob. [Selah.]

⁵ God hath ascended with a shout, Yahweh, with the sound of a horn. ⁶ Sing praises unto God, sing praises, Sing praises to our King, sing praises; ⁷ For God is king of all the earth, Sing praises with understanding.

¹⁵ How happy are the people who know the joyful sound! O Yahweh! in the light of thy countenance, shall they firmly march along; ¹⁶ In thy Name, shall they exult all the day, And, in thy righteousness, shall they be exalted. ¹⁷ For, the beauty of their strength, thou art, And, in thine acceptance, shall our horns be exalted. ¹⁸ For, to Yahweh, belongeth our Shield, And, to the Holy One of Israel, belongeth our King.

¹ Yahweh, hath become king, Let the earth exult, Let the multitude of coastlands rejoice.

¹² As far as East from West, Hath he put far from us, our transgressions;

¹⁵ The voice of shouting and salvation, is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Yahweh, is doing valiantly:

¹⁸ Come, I pray you, and let us settle the dispute, Saith Yahweh,––Though your sins be found like scarlet, As snow, shall they be made white, Though they appear red like crimson, As wool, shall they become.

¹⁰ Determine a plan,––and it shall be frustrated,––Speak a word, and it shall not stand, For With–us–is–GOD!

⁶ Make shrill thy voice and sing out, thou inhabitress of Zion,––That, great in the midst of thee, is, the Holy One of Israel.

²² For, Yahweh, is our judge, Yahweh, is our lawgiver,––Yahweh, is our king, He, will save, us!

¹⁷ Lo! for well–being, I had bitterness––bitterness,––But, thou, cleaving unto my soul, hast raised me from the pit of corruption, For thou hast cast, behind thy back, all my sins.

¹⁰ Do not fear, for, with thee, I am! Look not around, for, I, am thy God,––I have emboldened thee, Yea I have helped thee, Yea I have upheld thee, with my righteous, right–hand.

²⁰ In those days, and in that time, Declareth Yahweh, The iniquity of Israel, shall be sought, and, there shall be, none, And the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; For I will grant pardon to them whom I suffer to remain.

³⁵ Round about, eighteen thousand. And, the name of the city, from the day of Yahweh, shall [continue to] be the name thereof.

² Take with you words, and return to Yahweh: say unto him––Wholly, shalt thou take away iniquity, Accept, then, with favour, and we will make good the boldness of our lips! ³ Assyria, shall not save us, Upon horses, will we not ride, neither will we say any more––Our god! to the work of our own hands! For, in thee, shall the fatherless, find compassion.
⁴ I will heal their apostacy, I will love them freely,––for mine anger, hath turned, from them.

¹⁸ Who is a GOD like unto thee, taking away the iniquity––and passing over the transgression––of the remnant of his inheritance? He hath not held fast, perpetually, his anger, for, one who delighteth in lovingkindness, is he! ¹⁹ He will again have compassion upon us, he will subdue our iniquities,––Thou wilt cast––into the depths of the sea––all their sins. ²⁰ Thou wilt grant––the faithfulness to Jacob, the lovingkindness to Abraham,––which thou didst swear to our fathers, from the days of ancient time.

²³ Lo! a Virgin, shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,––and they shall call his name Emmanuel; which is, being translated, God with us.

³⁷ And, when he was drawing near, already, unto the descent of the Mount of Olives, one–and–all the throng of the disciples began joyfully to be praising God with a loud voice, concerning all the mighty works which they had seen; ³⁸ saying––Blessed is he that cometh. . . The king! In the name of the Lord! In heaven, peace! And glory in the highest!

⁷ Happy, they whose lawlessnesses have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered, ⁸ Happy, the man whose sin the Lord will in nowise reckon.

¹⁴ For, sin, over you, shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under favour.

¹ Hence there is now, no, condemnation unto them who are in Christ Jesus;

¹⁴ But, unto God, be thanks, who, ever, leadeth us in triumph in the Christ, and, the fragrance of the knowledge of him, maketh manifest, through us, in every place,

¹⁹ How that, God, was in Christ, reconciling, a world, unto himself, not reckoning, unto them, their offences,––and hath put, in us, the reconciling discourse.

¹⁶ And what agreement hath a shrine of God with idols? For, we, are [the] shrine of a God, that liveth:––even as God hath said––will dwell in them, and walk, and will be their God, and, they, shall be my people.

¹⁶ but, in very deed, for this purpose, have I let thee remain, for the purpose of showing thee my might,––and that my name may be celebrated in all the earth.

¹⁸ And the Egyptians shall know, that, I, am Yahweh,––when I have gotten me honour over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.

² I, am Yahweh thy God,––who have brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants:––

⁵ So he sent messengers unto Balaam son of Boor, to Pethor, which was by the river of the land of the sons of his people, to call him,––saying––Lo! a people, hath come forth out of Egypt, Lo! he hath covered the eye of the land, Yea, he, is tarrying over against me.

⁸ GOD having brought him forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his,––He eateth up nations that assail him, And, the bones of them, he breaketh, And, the loins of him, he crusheth:

¹⁷ His firstborn ox, be an honour to him, And the horns of a buffalo, be his horns, With them, let him thrust, peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth,––Yea, [with] these, the myriads of Ephraim, And, [with] those, the thousands of Manasseh.

⁹ Will the Wild–Ox be pleased to be thy servant? or lodge for the night by thy crib? ¹⁰ Canst thou bind the wild–ox, so that––with the ridge––shall run his cord? Or will he harrow the furrows after thee? ¹¹ Wilt thou trust in him, because of the greatness of his strength? Wilt thou leave unto him thy toil?

²¹ Save me from the mouth of the lion,––Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.

³⁵ As for the GOD of Israel, he, is giving strength and abundant might to the people. Blessed be God!

¹⁰ But thou wilt exalt, as [those of] the buffalo, my horn, I have been anointed, with fresh oil.

¹⁵ And, enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed, and her seed,––He, shall crush thy head, But, thou, shalt crush his heel.

⁶ Now, therefore, do come, I pray thee, curse me this people, For, stronger, he is, than I, If peradventure I prevail, we shall smite him, That I may drive him out of the land,––For I know that, he whom thou dost bless, is to be blessed, And, he whom thou dost curse, is to be cursed. ⁷ And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian, went their way, with the rewards of divination in their hand,––so they came in unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

²² Balaam also son of Beor, the diviner, did the sons of Israel slay with the sword among their slain.

¹⁹ How great is thy goodness, which thou hast hidden away for them who revere thee,––Thou hast wrought for them who seek refuge in thee, in sight of the sons of men.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. An Instructive Psalm.]
O God! with our own ears, have we heard, Our fathers, have recounted to us,––The work thou didst work, In their day, In the days of aforetime: ² Thou thyself, with thine own hand––Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread them out: ³ For, not by their own sword, gat they possession of the land, Nor did, their own arm, win victory for them,––But thine own right hand, and thine own arm, and the light of thy face, Because thou hadst accepted them.

⁹ Therefore have all men feared,––And have told the doing of God, And, his work, have considered.

² Then, was our mouth, filled with laughter, and our tongue with a shout of triumph,––Then, said they among the nations, Yahweh, hath done great things, with these! ³ Yahweh, hath done great things with us, we are full of joy!

¹³ To him that divided the Red Sea into division, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁴ And caused Israel to pass through the midst thereof, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁵ And shook off Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁶ To him that led his people through the desert, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁷ To him that smote great kings, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁸ And slew majestic kings, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁹ Even Sihon, king of the Amorites, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ²⁰ Also Og, king of Bashan, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

⁴ Who, hath wrought and performed, Calling the generations, in advance? I, Yahweh, [who am] First, And, with them who are last, I, am the Same!

⁹ In all their affliction, he, was afflicted, And, the messenger of his presence, saved them, In his love and in his pity, he, redeemed them,––And then lifted them up and carried them, all the days of the age–past time. ¹⁰ But, they, rebelled, and grieved his Holy Spirit,––And so he turned against them as an enemy, He himself, fought against them. ¹¹ Then were recalled the days of the age–past time, Moses––his people:––Where, is he that led them up out of the sea, with the shepherds of his flock? Where, is he that put, within him, his Holy Spirit? ¹² That caused to go, at the right hand of Moses, his own majestic, arm,––Cleaving the waters from before them, To make himself an age–abiding name:

¹⁵ Now, therefore, O Lord our God, who didst bring forth thy people out of the land of Egypt with a firm hand, and didst make for thyself a name, as at this day,––we have sinned, we have been guilty of lawlessness.

⁴ For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and, out of the house of slaves, I ransomed thee,––and I sent before thee, Moses, Aaron and Miriam. ⁵ O my people! remember, I pray you, what Balak king of Moab, counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor, answered him,––from the Acacias as far as Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Yahweh.

¹⁵ As in the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt, will I shew him wonders.

²⁵ And, knowing their inward thoughts, he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself, is laid waste,––and, no city or house divided against itself, will stand;

²⁷ And, if, I, in Beelzebul, am casting out the demons, In whom are, your sons, casting them out? Wherefore, they, shall be, judges of you.

¹⁸ And, I also, unto thee, say––Thou, art Peter,––and, upon this rock, will I build my assembly, and, the gates of hades, shall not prevail against it.

¹⁸ And he said unto them––I was beholding Satan, when, like lightning, out of heaven, he fell! ¹⁹ Lo! I have given you the authority––to be treading upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and, nothing, unto you, shall in anywise do harm;

⁴⁷ The High–priests and Pharisees, therefore, brought together a high–council, and were saying––What are we to do, in that, this man, doeth, many signs?

¹⁶ Saying––What are we to do with these men? For, indeed, that a notable sign hath come to pass through their means, unto all who are dwelling in Jerusalem, is manifest, and we cannot deny [it]!

¹² And, through the hands of the Apostles, were coming to pass many signs and wonders among the people; and they were all with one accord in the portico of Solomon;

¹⁴ And, the more, were being added, when they believed in the Lord, throngs both of men and women; ––

³⁸ How God anointed him with Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the adversary, because, God, was with him.

¹² And all the throng held their peace, and began to hearken unto Barnabas and Paul relating how many signs and wonders God had done among the nations, through them.

²⁰ Howbeit, the God of peace, will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The favour of our Lord Jesus, be with you.

²³ Only they were hearing––He that was persecuting us formerly, now, is announcing the glad–message of the faith which he formerly laid waste; ²⁴ And they were glorifying, God, in me.

⁸ From you, in fact, hath sounded forth the word of the Lord––not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but, in every place, your faith which is toward God, hath gone forth, so that, no need, have we to be saying anything; ⁹ For, they themselves, concerning us, do tell––what manner of entrance we had unto you, and how ye turned unto God from the idols––to be serving a living and true God,

⁹ And the great dragon was cast out,––the ancient serpent, he that is called Adversary and the Satan, that deceiveth the whole habitable world,––he was cast to the earth, and his messengers, with him, were cast.

⁹ A lion’s whelp, is Judah, From the prey, my son, hast thou come up! He hath stooped––hath crouched, As a lion––or as a lioness, Who shall rouse him?

²⁷ Benjamin, a wolf that teareth in pieces, In the morning, he eateth prey, And, at eventide, he divideth spoil.

⁸ GOD having brought him forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his,––He eateth up nations that assail him, And, the bones of them, he breaketh, And, the loins of him, he crusheth: ⁹ He hath knelt––hath lain down, Like a strong lion, yea like a lioness, Who shall rouse him up? Such as bless thee, are each one blessed, But, such as curse thee, are each one cursed.

¹⁷ I see One, who is not now, I observe One, who is not nigh,––There hath marched forth a Star out of Jacob. And arisen a Sceptre out of Israel, That hath dishonoured the beard of Moab, Yea the crown of the head of all the tumultuous;

²⁰ And, of Gad, he said: Blessed, be he that hath made room for Gad,––As a lioness, hath he laid himself down, And hath torn an arm, likewise the crown of the head;

¹² His likeness, is as a lion, that longeth to rend, and as a young lion, lurking in secret places.

³⁰ The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;

⁴ For, Thus, hath Yahweh said unto me––Like as a lion or a young lion growleth, over his prey. Who––though there be called out against him a multitude of shepherds––Will not, at their voice, be dismayed, Nor, at their noise, be daunted, So, will Yahweh of hosts come down, to make war over Mount Zion, and over the hill thereof.

⁴⁴ And, in the days of those kings, shall the God of the heavens, set up, a kingdom which, to the ages, shall not be destroyed, and, the kingdom, to another people, shall not be left,––it shall break in pieces and make an end of all these kingdoms, but, itself, shall stand to the ages.

⁸ A lion, hath roared, Who will not fear? My Lord Yahweh, hath spoken, Who can forbear to prophesy?

⁸ And, the remnant of Jacob, shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the jungle, as a young lion among flocks of sheep,––who, if he passeth by, both treadeth down––and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. ⁹ Let thy hand be uplifted against thine adversaries,––and, all thine enemies, shall be cut off.

¹¹ Where is the lair of the lions? Yea the very feeding–place of the young lions,––where walked the lion, the lioness, the lion’s whelp, with none to make them afraid?

⁴ From him, the commander, from him, the supporter, from him, the war–bow,––from him, shall proceed every one that driveth on, together;
⁵ So shall they become like mighty ones, trampling on the mire of lanes, in battle, and they will fight because, Yahweh, is with them,––and will abash the riders of horses.

⁶ In that day, will I make the chiefs of Judah like a pan of fire among sticks, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf, so shall they devour, on the right hand and on the left, all the peoples round about; so shall Jerusalem yet, be inhabited, in her own place, as Jerusalem.

⁵ And, one of the elders, saith unto me––Do not weep! Lo! the lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath overcome, to open the scroll and the seven seals thereof.

¹¹ And I saw heaven, set open, and lo! a white horse, and, he that was sitting thereon, [called] Faithful, and True; and, in righteousness, doth he judge and make war; ¹² and, his eyes, are a flame of fire, and, upon his head, are many diadems, having, a name, written, which, no one, knoweth, but himself, ¹³ and arrayed with a mantle sprinkled with blood, and his name hath been called––The Word of God. ¹⁴ And, the armies which were in heaven, were following him, upon white horses, clothed with fine linen, white, pure; ¹⁵ and, out of his mouth, is going forth a sharp sword, that, therewith, he may smite the nations,––and, he, shall shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, and, he, treadeth the wine–press of the wrath of the anger of God the Almighty. ¹⁶ And he hath, upon his mantle and upon his thigh, a name, written––King of kings, and Lord of lords. ¹⁷ And I saw one messenger, standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying, unto all the birds that fly in mid–heaven,––Hither! be gathered together unto the great supper of God,–– ¹⁸ that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them who sit upon them, and the flesh of all, both free and bond, and small and great. ¹⁹ And I saw the wild–beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together––to make war with him who was sitting upon the horse, and with his army. ²⁰ And the wild–beast, was taken, and, with him, the false prophet who wrought the signs before him, whereby he deceived them who received the mark of the wild–beast and them who were doing homage unto his image,––alive, were they two cast into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone. ²¹ And, the rest, were slain with the sword of him that was sitting upon the horse, which went forth out of his mouth, and, all the birds, were filled with their flesh.

¹ Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing? ² The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together,––against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]: ³ Let us break asunder their bonds,––and cast from us their cords!

¹² And he answered and said,––Was it not [to be so] that, whatsoever Yahweh should put into my mouth, the same, should I take heed to speak?
¹³ Then said Balak unto him––Come, I pray thee, with me, unto another place, from whence thou mayest see him, nothing but his utmost part, shalt thou see, but, all of him, shalt thou not see,––and so revile me him, from thence.

¹² And Balaam said unto Balak,––Was it not so, that, even unto thy messengers whom thou didst send unto me, I spake, saying–– ¹³ Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, yet could I not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh, to do good or ill, out of my own heart,––what Yahweh shall speak, that, must I speak?

¹⁴ And Micaiah said,––By the life of Yahweh, what Yahweh saith unto me, that, will I, speak.

¹³ Then said Micaiah,––By the life of Yahweh, whatsoever my God shall say, that, must I speak.

¹⁹ But, Peter and John, answering, said unto them––Whether it be right in presence of God, unto you, to be hearkening, rather than unto God, judge! ²⁰ For, we, cannot but be speaking the things which we have seen and heard.

²⁹ But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said––It is needful to be yielding obedience unto God rather than unto men:––

¹³ Then said Balak unto him––Come, I pray thee, with me, unto another place, from whence thou mayest see him, nothing but his utmost part, shalt thou see, but, all of him, shalt thou not see,––and so revile me him, from thence.

¹⁹ GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor, a son of Adam, that he should repent,––Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast? ²⁰ Lo! to bless, have I received [command], ––And I will bless, nor will I take it back.

¹³ But, he, is one, and who can turn him? What his soul desired, he hath done.

²¹ Many are the devices in a man’s heart, but, the counsel of Yahweh, that, shall stand.

³⁰ There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel, to confront Yahweh.

²⁷ For, Yahweh of hosts, hath purposed,––And who, shall frustrate? And, his, is the hand outstretched, And who, shall turn it back?

¹⁰ Declaring, from the beginning, the latter end, And, from olden time, that which had never been done,––Saying, My purpose shall stand, and, All my pleasure, will I perform; ¹¹ Calling, From the East, a Bird of Prey, From a far country, the Man I intended,––Yea I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass, I have planned, I will also do it.

²⁸ Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal–peor,––and did eat sacrifices to the dead: