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“To inflict vengeance from the Lord on Midian.”^48374837    Num. xxxi. 3. For this man (Balaam), when he speaks no longer in the Spirit of God, but contrary to God’s law, by setting up a different law with regard to fornication,^48384838    Num. xxxi. 16. is certainly not then to be counted as a prophet, but as a soothsayer. For he who did not keep to the commandment of God, received the just recompense of his own evil devices.^48394839    Num. xxxi. 8.