Examples of using Balaam in English and their translations into Russian
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When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel,
And they came to Balaam and said, Balak,
Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal;
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars,
And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor,
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee,
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal,
And they came came to Balaam Balaam, and said said to him, Thus saith saith
And when Balak heard that Balaam came, he went out to meet him, to the city of Moab,
are gone astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of Beor,
and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
And Balaam rose up in the morning,
but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
having followed the way of Balaam the[son] of Beor,
And the princes of Moab rose up; and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam has refused to come with us.
remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him;
the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
He started his monastic life at the Island Balaam where he became soon famous for his asceticism.