. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. , with their splendid tabernacle and ritual service,and with the evident proofs which were ofiered, that they were under the special care and direc-tion of some supernatural power. Hence they judged it useless to act against this favoured ;e 1 a Si Chap. VI.] THE WANDERING. 321 people, until the supernatural blessing under which tliey prospered were neutralised by tliesupernatural power of a curse from the Mesopotamian prophet. Persons of consideration were sent from both parties, with suitable pre
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. , with their splendid tabernacle and ritual service,and with the evident proofs which were ofiered, that they were under the special care and direc-tion of some supernatural power. Hence they judged it useless to act against this favoured ;e 1 a Si Chap. VI.] THE WANDERING. 321 people, until the supernatural blessing under which tliey prospered were neutralised by tliesupernatural power of a curse from the Mesopotamian prophet. Persons of consideration were sent from both parties, with suitable presents, to fetch Balaamfrom Mesopotamia. They were well received by the prophet, whom we take to have been notan idolatrous diviner, but an ill-disposed prophet of the true God,—such as we know there werein later times. He promised to give the messengers an answer in the morning, and when themorning came he told them that he could not go, for the people whom he was desired to cursewere blessed of God. The king of Moab and the emirs of Midian were but little satisfied with this answer. Tlicy. [Egyptian Asses, saddled (Ancient .]
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