Numbers 23
1. And Balaam said * unto Balak,Build * me here seven altars, and prepare * me here seven oxen and seven rams.
2. And Balak did * as Balaam had spoken * ; and Balak and Balaam offered * on every altar a bullock and a ram.
3. And Balaam said * unto Balak,Stand * by thy burnt offering, and I will go * : peradventure the LORD will come * to meet * me: and whatsoever he sheweth * me I will tell * thee. And he went * to an high place.
4. And God met * Balaam: and he said * unto him, I have prepared * seven altars, and I have offered * upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
5. And the LORD put * a word in Balaam's mouth, and said * , Return * unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak * .
6. And he returned * unto him, and, lo, he stood * by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7. And he took up * his parable, and said * , Balak the king of Moab hath brought * me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come * , curse * me Jacob, and come * , defy * Israel.
8. How shall I curse * , whom God hath not cursed * ? or how shall I defy * , whom the LORD hath not defied * ?
9. For from the top of the rocks I see * him, and from the hills I behold * him: lo, the people shall dwell * alone, and shall not be reckoned * among the nations.
10. Who can count * the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die * the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
11. And Balak said * unto Balaam,What hast thou done * unto me? I took * thee to curse * mine enemies * , and, behold, thou hast blessed * them altogether * .
12. And he answered * and said * , Must I not take heed * to speak * that which the LORD hath put * in my mouth?
13. And Balak said * unto him, Come * , I pray thee, with me unto another place,from whence thou mayest see * them: thou shalt see * but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see * them all: and curse * me them from thence.
14. And he brought * him into the field of Zophim * , to the top of Pisgah, and built * seven altars, and offered * a bullock and a ram on every altar.
15. And he said * unto Balak, Stand * here by thy burnt offering, while I meet * the LORD yonder.
16. And the LORD met * Balaam, and put * a word in his mouth, and said * , Go again * unto Balak, and say * thus.
17. And when he came * to him, behold, he stood * by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said * unto him, What hath the LORD spoken * ?
18. And he took up * his parable, and said * , Rise up * , Balak, and hear * ; hearken * unto me, thou son of Zippor:
19. God is not a man, that he should lie * ; neither the son of man, that he should repent * : hath he said * , and shall he not do * it? or hath he spoken * , and shall he not make it good * ?
20. Behold, I have received * commandment to bless * : and he hath blessed * ; and I cannot reverse * it.
21. He hath not beheld * iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen * perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
22. God brought them out * of Egypt;he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23. Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said * of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought * !
24. Behold, the people shall rise up * as a great lion, and lift up * himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down * until he eat * of the prey, and drink * the blood of the slain.
25. And Balak said * unto Balaam,Neither curse * them at all * , nor bless * them at all * .
26. But Balaam answered * and said * unto Balak, Told * not I thee, saying * , All that the LORD speaketh * , that I must do * ?
27. And Balak said * unto Balaam,Come * , I pray thee, I will bring * thee unto another place; peradventure it will please * God that thou mayest curse * me them from thence.
28. And Balak brought * Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh * toward Jeshimon.
29. And Balaam said * unto Balak,Build * me here seven altars, and prepare * me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
30. And Balak did * as Balaam had said * , and offered * a bullock and a ram on every altar.
