Balaam’s Third Oracle

1When Balam sawe that it pleased ye Lorde that he shulde blesse Israel he went not as he dyd twyse before to fett sothsayenge but sett his face towarde ye wildernesse 2and lyfte vpp his eyes and loked apon Israel as he laye with his trybes and the spirite of God came apon him.

3And he toke vp his parable and sayed: Bala the sonne of Beor hath sayed

4and the man whose eye is open hath sayed: he hath sayed which heareth the wordes of God and seeth the visions of the allmightie which falleth downe and his eyes are opened.

5How goodly are the tentes of Iacob and thine habitacions Israel

6euen as the brode valeyes and as gardens by the ryuerssyde as the tentes which the Lorde hath pitched and as ciperstrees apon the water.

7The water shall flowe out of his boket and his seed shall be many waters and his kynge shalbe hyer then Agag And his kyngdome shalbe exalted.

8God that broughte him out of Egipte is as the strenght of an vnycorne vnto him and he shall eate the nacions that are his enemies and breake their bones and perse them thorow with his arowes.

9He couched him selfe and laye doune as a lion and as a lyonesse who shall stere him vp? blessed is he that blesseth the ad cursed is he that curseth the.

Balak Dismisses Balaam

10And Balac was wroth with balam and smote his handes together and sayed vnto him: I sent for the to curse myne enemyes: and beholde thou hast blessed them this thre tymes 11and now gett the quyckly vnto thi place. I thoughte that I wolde promote the vnto honoure but the Lorde hath kepte the backe from worshepe. 12And Balam sayed vnto Balac: tolde I not thi messegers which thou sentest vnto me sayenge: 13Yf balac wolde geue me his house ful of syluer ad golde I can not passe the mouth of the Lorde to doo ether good or bad of myne awne mynde. What the Lorde sayeth that must I speake. 14And now beholde I goo vnto my people: come let me shewe the what this people shall doo to thi folke in the later dayes.

Balaam’s Fourth Oracle

15And he began his parable ad sayed: Balam the sonne of Beor hath sayed and ye man that hath his eye open hath sayed

16and he hath sayed that heareth the wordes of God and hath the knowlege of the most hye and beholdeth ye vision of the allmightie and when he falleth downe hath his eyes opened.

17I se him but not now I beholde him but not nye. There shall come a starre of Iacob and ryse a cepter of Israel which shall smyte ye coostes of Moab and vndermyne all the childern of Seth.

18And Edom shalbe his possession and ye possession of Seir shalbe their enimyes and Israel shall doo manfully.

19And out of Iacob shall come he that shall destroye the remnaut of the cities.

Balaam’s Final Three Oracles

20And he loked on Amaleck and began his parable and sayed: Amaleck is the first of the nacions but his latter ende shall perysh utterly.

21And he loked on the Kenites and toke his parable and sayed: stronge is thi dwellynge place and put thinest apon a rocke

22Neuerthelater thou shalt be a burnynge to Kain vntill Assur take ye prisoner.

23And he toke his parable and sayed: Alas who shall lyue when God doeth this?

24The shippes shall come out of the coste of Cittim and subdue Assur and subdue Eber and he him selfe shall perysh at the last.

25And Balam rose vp and went and dwelt in his place: and Balac also went his waye.