And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Divination. Septuagint, "to meet the birds. "The augurs judged of future events by the flying, eating, and other appearances of birds. Hebrew, "enchantments. "(Menochius) Desert. The plains of Moab, where the Israelites were encamped. He found himself, as it were, involuntarily transported by the spirit of God, ver. 2. (Calmet) Yet, for all that, he did not become more holy. Some work miracles, and are damned, Matthew vii. 22. (Worthington)

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