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1 Kui Bileam nägi, et Iisraeli õnnistamine oli Issanda silmis hea, siis ei läinud ta mitte nagu eelmistel kordadel otsima endemärke, vaid pööras oma näo kõrbe poole.

2 Ja kui Bileam oma silmad üles tõstis, siis ta nägi Iisraeli asuvat leeris oma suguharude kaupa. Ja tema peale tuli Jumala Vaim.

3 Ta hakkas rääkima ja ütles: 'Nõnda kuulutab Bileam, Beori poeg, nõnda kõneleb avatud silmaga mees,

4 nõnda kuulutab Jumala kõnede kuulaja, kes näeb Kõigeväelise nägemusi, mahalangenuna avatud silmil:

5 kui kaunid on su telgid, Jaakob, su eluasemed, oh Iisrael!

6 Nagu laiuvad orud, nagu rohuaiad jõe kaldal, nagu Issanda istutatud aaloepuud, nagu seedripuud vete ääres.

7 Vesi ta astjaist voolab üle ja ta külvil on palju vett. Tema kuningas on Agagist vägevam ja ta kuningriik ülendab ennast.

8 Jumal, kes tõi tema Egiptusest, on talle otsekui sarved metshärjale. Ta neelab rahvaid, oma vaenlasi, ta murrab nende luid, oma nooltega purustab neid.

9 Ta on laskunud lebama, ta lamab nagu lõvi või emalõvi, kes julgeks teda äratada? Õnnistatud olgu, kes sind õnnistavad, neetud, kes sind neavad!'

10 Siis Baalaki viha süttis põlema Bileami vastu ja ta lõi oma käed kokku. Ja Baalak ütles Bileamile: 'Ma kutsusin sind needma mu vaenlasi, ja vaata, sa oled neid kolm korda õnnistanud.

11 Mine nüüd, põgene koju! Ma kavatsesin sind väga austada, aga näe, Issand on keelanud sind austada!'

12 Ja Bileam vastas Baalakile: 'Eks ma rääkinud juba su käskjalgadele, keda sa saatsid minu juurde, öeldes:

13 Isegi kui Baalak annaks oma koja täie hõbedat ja kulda, ei võiks ma üle astuda Issanda käsust, tehes head või kurja omaenese südame järgi. Mis Issand räägib, seda räägin ka mina!

14 Ja nüüd, vaata, ma lähen oma rahva juurde. Tule, ma kuulutan sulle, mida see rahvas teeb sinu rahvaga tulevasil päevil!'

15 Ja ta hakkas rääkima ning ütles: 'Nõnda kuulutab Bileam, Beori poeg, nõnda kõneleb avatud silmaga mees,

16 nõnda kuulutab Jumala kõnede kuulaja ja Kõigekõrgema tarkuse tundja, kes näeb Kõigeväelise nägemusi, mahalangenuna avatud silmil.

17 Ma näen teda, aga mitte nüüd, ma silmitsen teda, aga mitte ligidalt: Jaakobist tõuseb täht, Iisraelist kerkib valitsuskepp. See purustab Moabi oimud ja kõigi Seti poegade pealaed.

18 Edom saab alistatud maaks ja Seir alluvaks oma vaenlastele, sest Iisrael teeb vägitegusid.

19 Jaakobist tuleb valitseja ja ta hävitab linnast põgenenu.'

20 Ja kui ta nägi Amalekki, siis ta hakkas rääkima ning ütles: 'Rahvaist esimene on Amalek, aga ta lõpp on häving igavesti!'

21 Ja kui ta nägi keenlasi, siis ta hakkas rääkima ning ütles: 'Su eluase on püsiv ja su pesa on pandud kaljule.

22 Aga siiski hävitatakse Kain! Kui kaua veel? Ja Assur viib sind vangi!'

23 Ja ta hakkas rääkima ning ütles: 'Oh häda! Kes jääb elama, kui Jumal seda teeb?

24 Need, kes lähevad välja kittide rannast, alandavad Assurit ja alandavad Eberit, aga ka tema hävib igavesti.'

25 Seejärel Bileam võttis kätte ja asus teele ning läks tagasi koju. Ka Baalak läks oma teed.

   

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103. We can tell from the books of Moses that there was a Word among the ancients because he mentioned it and excerpted from it (Numbers 21:14-15, 27-30). We can tell that the narrative portions of that Word were called “The Wars of Jehovah, ” and that the prophetic portions were called “Pronouncements.” Moses quoted the following from the historical narratives of that Word:

Therefore it says in The Book of the Wars of Jehovah, “Waheb in Suphah and the rivers Arnon, a watercourse of rivers that goes down to [where] Ar is inhabited and rests along the border of Moab.” (Numbers 21:14-15)

In that Word as in ours, the wars of Jehovah were understood to be, and served to describe in detail, the Lord’s battles against hell and his victories over it when he would come into the world. These same battles are meant and described time after time in the historical narratives of our Word - in Joshua’s battles against the nations of the land of Canaan, for example, and in the wars of the judges and the kings of Israel.

[2] Moses quoted the following from the prophetic portions of that Word:

Therefore those who make pronouncements say, “Come to Heshbon! The city of Sihon will be built up and fortified, because fire has gone out from Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, those who occupy the heights of Arnon. Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh; he has made his sons fugitives and sent his daughters into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites. With arrows we have dealt with them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon, and we have spread destruction as far as Nophah, which extends to Medeba.” (Numbers 21:27-30)

Translators change [the title of] this to “Composers of Proverbs, ” but it should be called “Makers of Pronouncements” or “Prophetic Pronouncements, ” as we can tell from the meaning of the word moschalim in Hebrew. It means not only proverbs but also prophetic utterances, as in Numbers 23:7, 18; 24:3, 15 where it says that Balaam gave forth his pronouncement, which was actually a prophetic utterance and was about the Lord. In these instances each of his pronouncements is called a mashal in the singular. There is also the fact that what Moses quoted from this source are not proverbs but prophecies.

[3] We can see that this Word was similarly divine or divinely inspired from a passage in Jeremiah where we find almost the same words:

A fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the midst of Sihon, which has devoured the corner of Moab and the top of the children of tumult. Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished, for your sons have been carried off into captivity and your daughters into captivity. (Jeremiah 48:45-46)

Further, both David and Joshua mention another prophetic book of the former Word, The Book of Jasher or The Book of the Righteous One. Here is where David mentions it:

David lamented over Saul and over Jonathan and wrote, “‘To Teach the Children of Judah the Bow.’ (You will find this written in The Book of Jasher.)” (2 Samuel 1:17-18)

Here is where Joshua mentions it:

Joshua said, “‘Come to rest, O sun, in Gibeon; and, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.’ Is this not written in The Book of Jasher?” (Joshua 10:12-13)

Then too, I have been told that the first seven chapters of Genesis are right there in that ancient Word, so that not the slightest word is missing.

  
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