Numbers:22:4-7
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And Moab said unto the elders of Midian ,
Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us ,
as the ox licketh up the grass of the field .
And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time .
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He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor ,
which is by the river of the land of the children of his people ,
to call him ,
saying ,
Behold ,
there is a people come out from Egypt :
behold ,
they cover the face of the earth ,
and they abide over against me :
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Come now therefore ,
I pray thee ,
curse me this people ;
for they are too mighty for me :
peradventure I shall prevail ,
that we may smite them ,
and that I may drive them out of the land :
for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed ,
and he whom thou cursest is cursed .
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And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand ;
and they came unto Balaam ,
and spake unto him the words of Balak .