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The scriptures below are from the WEB Bible.

Numbers 22:1-41
1) The children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
2) Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3) Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
4) Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
5) He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to 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 surface of the earth, and they abide over against me.
6) Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.
7) The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
8) He said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
9) God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you?
10) Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, [saying],
11) Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers the surface of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.
12) God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.
13) Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Yahweh refuses to give me leave to go with you.
14) The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.
15) Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.
16) They came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:
17) for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.
18) Balaam answered the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can‘t go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
19) Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what Yahweh will speak to me more.
20) God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men are come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that shall you do.
21) Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
22) God‘s anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Yahweh placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
23) The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the way.
24) Then the angel of Yahweh stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
25) The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam‘s foot against the wall: and he struck her again.
26) The angel of Yahweh went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
27) The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam‘s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
28) Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?
29) Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have mocked me, I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed you.
30) The donkey said to Balaam, Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? was I ever wont to do so to you? and he said, No.
31) Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
32) The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because your way is perverse before me:
33) and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain you, and saved her alive.
34) Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, I have sinned; for I didn‘t know that you stood in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease you, I will get me back again.
35) The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
36) When Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
37) Balak said to Balaam, Didn‘t I earnestly send to you to call you? why didn‘t you come to me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?
38) Balaam said to Balak, Behold, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.
39) Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
40) Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
41) It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.


1 Samuel 9:1-10:7
1) Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
2) He had a son, whose name was Saul, a young man and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a better person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
3) The donkeys of Kish, Saul‘s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.
4) He passed through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn‘t find them: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they weren‘t there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn‘t find them.
5) When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, Come, and let us return, lest my father leave off caring for the donkeys, and be anxious for us.
6) He said to him, See now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes surely to pass: now let us go there; peradventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.
7) Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
8) The servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
9) (In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he who is now called a Prophet was before called a Seer.)
10) Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.


Zechariah 9:9-10
9) Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your king comes to you; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt the foal of a donkey.
10) I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off; and he shall speak peace to the nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.


Matthew 21:1-10
1) When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2) saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.
3) If anyone says anything to you, you will say, ‘The Lord needs them,‘ and immediately he will send them."
4) All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
5) "Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, Humble, and riding on a donkey, On a colt, the foal of a donkey."
6) The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,
7) and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
8) A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
9) The multitudes who went before him, and who followed, cried, "Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
10) When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"


Mark 11:2
2) and said to them, "Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a colt tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him, and bring him.

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