XLV.

“And^48894889    With the exception of the initial text, this fragment is almost identical with No. xxv. Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword.”^48904890    Num. xxxi. 8. For, speaking no longer by the Spirit of God, but setting up another law of fornication contrary to the law of God,^48914891    Rev. ii. 14. this man shall no longer be reckoned as a prophet, but as a soothsayer. For, as he did not continue in the commandment of God, he received the just reward of his evil devices.