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1The first 29 lines of the Hebrew text are not found in our translation.All these were found in the wicked Balaam. Fornication and idolatry, as it is written, “Behold these caused the children of Israel to commit trespass against the Lord through the counsel of Balaam in the matter of Peor” (Num. 31, 16). False witness, as it is written, “Balaam the son of Peor sayeth… which knoweth the knowledge of the Most High” (Ibid. 24, 16), while he did not know even the knowledge of his ass. He perverted judgement, as it is written, “Come and I will advertise thee” (Ibid. 14). He encroached on a domain which did not belong to him, as it is written, “And I offered oxen and rams on the altar”, and also, “The seven altars I have prepared” (Ibid. 23, 4). He fomented discord between brothers, between Israel and their Father in heaven. As for slander, there was no other to equal him.