i4o Balaam NUMBERS X X I I. entertained. 22 Moab. And Gods anger was kindled be- caufe he went, and the Angell of Jehovah fet himfelfe in the way for an adverfarie againft him : and hee was riding upon his Affe , and two of his yong men were with 23 him. And the Affe faw the Angell of Jeho- vah handing in the way, & his ;word drawn in his hand; and the Affe turned aide our of the way and went into the field : and Balaam (mote the Affe to turne her into the way. 24 And the Angell of Jehovah flood in a path of the vineyards, a wal, being on this fide, 2 5 and a wall on that fide. And the Affe faw the Angell. of Jehovah, and Thee thruft her felfe unto the wall, and thruft Balaanis foot againft the wall ; and he fmote her againe. 26 And the Angell of Jellovah went further and flood in a narrow place, where was no Way to turne afide, to the right hand, or en 27 the left. And the Affe faw the Angell of Je- hovah,and the fell do Wan Under Balaam; and Balaams anger waskindlpdÿand he fmote the 28 Affe with a haffe. And Jehovah opened the mouth o£the Afre,and the laid unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou haft 29 fmitten me thefe three times e And Balaam Paid unto the Affe, Becaufe thou haft moc- ked me;I.would there were a fword in mine 3o hand, for now I would kill thee. And the Aire Paid unto Balaam , Am not I thineAire which thou haft ridden upon everliince i was thine unto this day, was I ever wont to doe 31 fo unto thee e And he fald, Nay. And.Je- hovah uncovered the des of Balaam,and he law the Angell of Jehovah flanding in the way, and his fword drawne in his hand, and he bended downethe head,and bowed him - 3z felfe downe on his face. And the Angell of Jehovah laid unto- him , Wherefore haft thou fmitten thine Affe thefe three times e Behold, I came our to bean adverfarie, óe- 33 caufe thy way is perverfe before mee. And the Affe faw me,and turned afide before me thefe three times : unlefre the had turned a- fide from me , Purely now alto I had faire thee and Paved her alive. And Balaam Paid unto the Angell of Jehovah, I have finned, for I knew not that thou hoodft againft me in the way: and now if it be evil in thine eies, 35 I widget me backeagaine. And the An- gell of Jehovah Paid unto Balaam, Goe with the men , but only the word that I (hall fpeake unto thee,that (halt thou fpeake :.and Balaam went with the Princes of Balak. 36 il"nd Balak heard that Salaam was come ,and he went out to meet him,unto a citieofMo- 34 abwhich is by the border of Arnon , which is in the utmoft of the border. And Balak Paid unto Balaam, Did not I.fending fend unto thee to call thee e Wherefore eameft . thou not unto me e Am I not able indeed to honour thee e And Balaam Paid unto Ba- lak, Loe Iam come .unto thee; now am 1 a- ble at all to (peak any thing e the word that God Thal put in my móuth,that fhal I (peak. And Balaam went with Balak, and they - came unto Kirjath- huzoth. And Balak flew oxen and fheep, and Pent to Balaam,and the Princes that were with him. And it was in the morning that Balak tooke Balaam and brought him up into the high plates of Baal, that he might fee from thence the utmoft part of the people. 37 38 39 40 41 vInnotatians. SEt forward] removed their campe from the I mountains of Abarim, Numb. 33.48. the plaines of Moab]] or, champion eaumrey, which Come- time had been Moabs, afterward the Amorites, and now Ifraels by conqueft. Thefe plaines rea- ched tinto the river Iordan, in that parc which was neere to,or overagainft Ierieba, (the &Itcity which they conquered in Canaan, Jofua 6.) and .therefore it is called Iordanof Ieritho: and here they remained till Mofes died encamping in there plaines from Betbjefmoth unto Abel,(hittim, Num33.49. Heremany notable things tell out, even all that are recorded from this place to the end of Deuteronomie, and in the beginning of Jofua; their deliverance from Salaams curfe,their muttering for the inheritance ofCanaan,thcir vi- ftorie over the Midianitcs, the addition of fun - dry divine Ordinances, efpecially the repeating and explaining of the whole Law, and renewing of the covenant betweene God and thens,by Ma- les in Deuteronomie , and the like : whereupon God: filth unto their pofterity, 0 n people, re- member now what Balaie King ofMoab confdted, and what Balaam the fume of Beor anfwered.him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, [that is, the many good things which fell out betweene Shittim where nbw theywere, and Gilgal where lifta circum- cifed them, Jofita 5.] thatye may (nit' the righte- oufnefeof the Lord, Mie. 6. 5. D D D Here beginneth the fortieth Lefnre of the Law, as it was divided to be read in the 'Jewes Synagogues : fee Gen. 6.9. Verle 2. Ba14 the foam of Zippor ] in Greeke, 2 the forme of Sepphor. This Balak,was now King of Moab, verte 4. a nun of note, both for policie and power, Micah 6.5.Judg. r r. 25. he faw all Ifracl had donc but with an evill eye, and looked not upon it to receizeinflrealïion, as doe the wife, Pros. 24.32. Verfe, 1
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