A   And Balaam sayd vnto Balac: bylde me here seu&ebar; alters and prepare me here seuen oxen and seuen rammes. And Balac dyd as Bala&abar; sayde. And Balac and Bala&abar; offered on euery alter an oxe and a ram. And Balaam sayd vnto Balac: st&abar;de by the sacrifyce, and I wyll goo yf happly the Lorde wyll mete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell the, and he w&ebar;t forth alone. But God met Balaam, and Balaam sayde vnto hym: I haue prepared seuen alters, and haue offered vpon euery alter, an oxe and a ram. And the Lorde put a sayinge in Balams mouth, and sayde: go agayn to Balac and saye on thys wyse. And whan he went agayne vnto him, loo, he stode by hys sacrifice, he and all the Lordes of Moab. B   And he toke vp hys parable and sayde ^note Balac þe; kynge of Moab hath fett me from Mesopotamia out of þe; mo&ubar;taynes of þe; east (say&ibar;ge:) come, curse Iacob for my sake: come, ∧ defye Israel. Howe shall I curse h&ibar;, wh&obar; God hath not cursed? or howe shall I defye him, whom God hath not defyed? from the toppe of the rockes I se hym, and from the hylles I beholde hym: loo, the people shall dwell by th&ebar; selfe, and shall not be rekened among the nacyons. Who can tell þe; dust of Iacob, and the n&obar;bre of the fourth parte of Israel? I praye God, that my soule maye dye the death of the ryghteous, ∧ that my last ende maye be lyke hys. And Balac sayde vnto Balaam: what hast thou done vnto me? I fett the to curse myne enemyes, and beholde, thou hast blessed them. He answered and sayde: must I not kepe that ∧ speake it, whych the Lorde hath

Balac put in my mouthe? And Balac sayde vnto hym: Come I praye the with me vnto another place, whence thou mayest se them, and thou shalt se but the vtmost parte of them, and shalt not se them all: curse them out of þt; place for my sake. C   And he brought him into a felde (where men myght se farre of) euen to the toppe of an hyll, and bylt seu&ebar; alters, and offered an oxe and a ram on euery alter. And he sayd vnto Balac: stande here by thy sacrifyce, whyle I go yonder. And the Lord mett Balaam, and ^note put a worde in hys mouth ∧ sayd: go agayne vnto Balac, and thus saye. And when he came to hym: beholde, he stode by his sacrifyce, ∧ the Lordes of Moab with hym. And Balac sayde vnto him: what hath the Lorde sayde?

And he toke vp his parable ∧ answered: ryse vp Balac and heare, and herk&ebar; vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor. ^noteGod is not a m&abar; that he shulde lye, nether the sonne of a man that he shulde repent: shulde he saye, and not doo? or shulde he speake, and not make it good? beholde, I haue taken vpon me to blesse, for he hath blessed, and it is not in my power to alter it. D   &club; He behelde no vanyte in Iacob, nor sawe trauayll in Israel. The Lorde hys God is &wt; him, and &club; the presence of the kyng is amonge them. ^noteGod brought them oute of Egypte, he hath strength as an vnicorne. There is no sorcery in Iacob, nor sothsaying in Israel. &club; It is nowe tolde vnto Iacob ∧ Israel, what God hath wrought. Beholde, the people shal ryse vp as a lyonesse, and heue vp hym selfe as a lyon. He shall not lye downe, vntill he eate of the praye, and drynke the bloude of them that are slayne.

And Balac sayde vnto Balaam: nether curse them nor blesse them. But Bala&abar; answered and sayde vnto Balac: tolde not I the sayinge: all that the Lorde speaketh, that I must doo? And Balac sayde vnto Balaam: come I praye the, and I wyll brynge the yet vnto another place: yf peraduenture it shall please God, that thou mayst thence curse th&ebar; for my sake. And Balac broughte Balaam vnto the toppe of Peor, that boweth toward the wyldernesse of Iesymm&obar;. And Balaam sayde vnto Balac: make me here seuen alters, and prepare me here seuen oxen, and seuen rammes. And Balac dyd as Balaam had sayde, and offered an oxe and a ram on euery alter.

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