¹ Και ιδων ο Βαλααμ οτι ητο αρεστον ενωπιον του Κυριου να ευλογηση τον Ισραηλ, δεν υπηγε, καθως αλλοτε, να ζητηση μαντειας, αλλ' εστησε το προσωπον αυτου προς την ερημον.

² Και ανυψωσεν ο Βαλααμ τους οφθαλμους αυτου και ειδε τον Ισραηλ κατεσκηνωμενον κατα τας φυλας αυτων· και ηλθεν επ' αυτον το πνευμα του Θεου.

³ Και αρχισας την παραβολην αυτου ειπε, Βαλααμ ο υιος του Βεωρ ειπε, και ο ανθρωπος, ο εχων ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου, ειπεν·

⁴ ειπεν εκεινος, οστις ηκουσε τα λογια του Θεου, Οστις ειδεν ορασιν του Παντοδυναμου, πεσων εις εκστασιν, εχων ομως ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου.

⁵ Ποσον ωραιαι ειναι αι κατοικιαι σου, Ιακωβ, αι σκηναι σου, Ισραηλ.

⁶ Ως κοιλαδες ειναι εξηπλωμεναι, ως παραδεισοι εις οχθας ποταμου, ως δενδρα αλοης τα οποια εφυτευσεν ο Κυριος, ως κεδροι πλησιον των υδατων.

⁷ Θελει εκχεει υδωρ εκ της αντλιας αυτου, και το σπερμα αυτου θελει εισθαι εις υδατα πολλα, και ο βασιλευς αυτου θελει εισθαι υψηλοτερος του Αγαγ, και η βασιλεια αυτου θελει μεγαλυνθη.

⁸ Ο Θεος εξηγαγεν αυτον εξ Αιγυπτου· εχει ως δυναμιν μονοκερωτος· θελει καταφαγει τα εθνη τους πολεμιους αυτου, και θελει συντριψει τα οστα αυτων, και θελει κατατοξευσει αυτους με τα βελη αυτου.

⁹ Αναπεσων, εκοιμηθη ως λεων, και ως σκυμνος λεοντος· τις θελει εξεγειρει αυτον; Ευλογημενος ο ευλογων σε και κατηραμενος ο καταρωμενος σε.

¹⁰ Και εξηφθη ο θυμος του Βαλακ εναντιον του Βαλααμ και συνεκροτησε τας χειρας αυτου· και ειπεν ο Βαλακ προς τον Βαλααμ, δια να καταρασθης τους εχθρους μου σε εκαλεσα· και ιδου, συ ευλογων ευλογησας αυτους τριτην ταυτην φοραν·

¹¹ τωρα λοιπον φυγε εις τον τοπον σου· ελεγον να σε τιμησω με τιμας· αλλ' ιδου, ο Κυριος σε εστερησε της τιμης.

¹² Και ειπεν ο Βαλααμ προς τον Βαλακ, Δεν ειπον και προς τους απεσταλμενους σου, τους οποιους απεστειλας προς εμε, λεγων,

¹³ Και αν μοι δωση ο Βαλακ την οικιαν αυτου πληρη αργυριου και χρυσιου, δεν δυναμαι να παραβω την προσταγην του Κυριου, ωστε να καμω καλον η κακον απ' εμαυτου, αλλ' ο, τι ο Κυριος λαληση, τουτο θελω ειπει;

¹⁴ και τωρα, ιδου, εγω υπαγω προς τον λαον μου· ελθε λοιπον να σοι φανερωσω τι θελει καμει ο λαος ουτος εις τον λαον σου εις τας εσχατας ημερας.

¹⁵ Και αρχισας την παραβολην αυτου ειπε, Βαλααμ ο υιος του Βεωρ ειπε, και ο ανθρωπος, ο εχων ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου, ειπεν·

¹⁶ ειπεν εκεινος, οστις ηκουσε τα λογια του Θεου, και ελαβε την γνωσιν του Υψιστου, οστις ειδεν ορασιν του Παντοδυναμου, πεσων εις εκστασιν, εχων ομως ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου·

¹⁷ Θελω ιδει αυτον, αλλ' ουχι τωρα· θελω θεωρησει αυτον, αλλ' ουχι εκ του πλησιον· θελει ανατειλει αστρον εξ Ιακωβ, και θελει αναστηθη σκηπτρον εκ του Ισραηλ, και θελει παταξει τους αρχηγους Μωαβ, και εξολοθρευσει παντας τους υιους του Σηθ·

¹⁸ και ο Εδωμ θελει εισθαι κληρονομια, και ο Σηειρ θελει εισθαι κληρονομια εις τους εχθρους αυτου· και ο Ισραηλ θελει πραξει εν ισχυι·

¹⁹ και θελει εξελθει εξ Ιακωβ ο εξουσιαζων, και θελει εξολοθρευσει τον διασωθεντα εκ της πολεως.

²⁰ Και ιδων τον Αμαληκ, ηρχισε την παραβολην αυτου και ειπεν, Ο Αμαληκ ειναι αρχη των εθνων· αλλ' εν τω τελει αυτου θελει αφανισθη.

²¹ Και ιδων τον Κεναιον, ηρχισε την παραβολην αυτου και ειπεν, Ισχυρα ειναι η κατοικια σου, και θετεις την φωλεαν σου επι την πετραν·

²² πλην ο Κεναιος θελει καταπορθηθη, εωσου σε φερη αιχμαλωτον ο Ασσουρ.

²³ Και επανελαβε την παραβολην αυτου και ειπεν, Ω τις θελει ζησει, οταν ο Θεος καμη τουτο;

²⁴ Και πλοια θελουσιν ελθει απο των παραλιων των Κητιαιων, και θελουσι καταθλιψει τον Ασσουρ, και θελουσι καταθλιψει τον Εβερ· αλλα και εκεινοι θελουσιν εξαφανισθη.

²⁵ Και σηκωθεις ο Βαλααμ ανεχωρησε και επεστρεψεν εις τον τοπον αυτου· ο δε Βαλακ απηλθε και αυτος εις την οδον αυτου.

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

² "Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, 'Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his seed to Molech; he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.

³ I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

⁴ If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and don't put him to death;

⁵ then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him, to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.

⁶ "'The person that turns to those who are mediums, and to the wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.

⁷ "'Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.

⁸ You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.

⁹ "'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

¹⁰ "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

¹¹ "'The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

¹² "'If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have committed a perversion; their blood shall be upon them.

¹³ "'If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

¹⁴ "'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.

¹⁵ "'If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; and you shall kill the animal.

¹⁶ "'If a woman approaches any animal, and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman, and the animal: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

¹⁷ "'If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

¹⁸ "'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

¹⁹ "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister; for he has made naked his close relative: they shall bear their iniquity.

²⁰ If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

²¹ "'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

²² "'You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell, may not vomit you out.

²³ You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

²⁴ But I have said to you, "You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

²⁵ "'You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and you shall not make yourselves abominable by animal, or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have separated from you as unclean for you.

²⁶ You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

²⁷ "'A man or a woman that is a medium, or is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.'"