1 And Balaam * h1109 said * h559 h8799 unto Balak * h1111, Build * h1129 h8798 me here seven * h7651 altars * h4196, and prepare * h3559 h8685 me here seven * h7651 oxen * h6499 and seven * h7651 rams * h352.
2 And Balak * h1111 did * h6213 h8799 as Balaam * h1109 had spoken * h1696 h8765; and Balak * h1111 and Balaam * h1109 offered * h5927 h8686 on every altar * h4196 a bullock * h6499 and a ram * h352.
3 And Balaam * h1109 said * h559 h8799 unto Balak * h1111, Stand * h3320 h8690 by thy burnt offering * h5930, and I will go * h3212 h8799: peradventure the LORD * h3068 will come * h7136 h8735 to meet * h7125 h8800 me: and whatsoever * h1697 he sheweth * h7200 h8686 me I will tell * h5046 h8689 thee. And he went * h3212 h8799 to an high place * h8205. to an...: or, solitary
4 And God * h430 met * h7136 h8735 Balaam * h1109: and he said * h559 h8799 unto him, I have prepared * h6186 h8804 seven * h7651 altars * h4196, and I have offered * h5927 h8686 upon every altar * h4196 a bullock * h6499 and a ram * h352.
5 And the LORD * h3068 put * h7760 h8799 a word * h1697 in Balaam's * h1109 mouth * h6310, and said * h559 h8799, Return * h7725 h8798 unto Balak * h1111, and thus thou shalt speak * h1696 h8762.
6 And he returned * h7725 h8799 unto him, and, lo, he stood * h5324 h8737 by his burnt sacrifice * h5930, he, and all the princes * h8269 of Moab * h4124.
7 And he took up * h5375 h8799 his parable * h4912, and said * h559 h8799, Balak * h1111 the king * h4428 of Moab * h4124 hath brought * h5148 h8686 me from Aram * h758, out of the mountains * h2042 of the east * h6924, saying , Come * h3212 h8798, curse * h779 h8798 me Jacob * h3290, and come * h3212 h8798, defy * h2194 h8798 Israel * h3478.
8 How * h4100 shall I curse * h5344 h8799, whom God * h410 hath not cursed * h6895 h8804? or how shall I defy * h2194 h8799, whom the LORD * h3068 hath not defied * h2194 h8804?
9 For from the top * h7218 of the rocks * h6697 I see * h7200 h8799 him, and from the hills * h1389 I behold * h7789 h8799 him: lo, the people * h5971 shall dwell * h7931 h8799 alone * h910, and shall not be reckoned * h2803 h8691 among the nations * h1471.
10 Who can count * h4487 h8804 the dust * h6083 of Jacob * h3290, and the number * h4557 of the fourth * h7255 part of Israel * h3478? Let me die * h4191 h8799 * h5315 the death * h4194 of the righteous * h3477, and let my last * h319 end be like his! me: Heb. my soul, or, my life
11 And Balak * h1111 said * h559 h8799 unto Balaam * h1109, What hast thou done * h6213 h8804 unto me? I took * h3947 h8804 thee to curse * h6895 h8800 mine enemies * h341 h8802, and, behold, thou hast blessed * h1288 h8765 them altogether * h1288 h8763.
12 And he answered * h6030 h8799 and said * h559 h8799, Must I not take heed * h8104 h8799 to speak * h1696 h8763 that which the LORD * h3068 hath put * h7760 h8799 in my mouth * h6310?
13 And Balak * h1111 said * h559 h8799 unto him, Come * h3212 h8798, I pray thee, with me unto another * h312 place * h4725, from whence thou mayest see * h7200 h8799 them: thou shalt see * h7200 h8799 but * h657 the utmost * h7097 part of them, and shalt not see * h7200 h8799 them all: and curse * h6895 h8798 me them from thence.
14 And he brought * h3947 h8799 him into the field * h7704 of Zophim * h6839 h8677 * h6822 h8802, to the top * h7218 of Pisgah * h6449, and built * h1129 h8799 seven * h7651 altars * h4196, and offered * h5927 h8686 a bullock * h6499 and a ram * h352 on every altar * h4196. Pisgah: or, the hill
15 And he said * h559 h8799 unto Balak * h1111, Stand * h3320 h8690 here * h3541 by thy burnt offering * h5930, while I meet * h7136 h8735 the LORD yonder * h3541.
16 And the LORD * h3068 met * h7136 h8735 Balaam * h1109, and put * h7760 h8799 a word * h1697 in his mouth * h6310, and said * h559 h8799, Go again * h7725 h8798 unto Balak * h1111, and say * h1696 h8762 thus.
17 And when he came * h935 h8799 to him, behold, he stood * h5324 h8737 by his burnt offering * h5930, and the princes * h8269 of Moab * h4124 with him. And Balak * h1111 said * h559 h8799 unto him, What hath the LORD * h3068 spoken * h1696 h8765?
18 And he took up * h5375 h8799 his parable * h4912, and said * h559 h8799, Rise up * h6965 h8798, Balak * h1111, and hear * h8085 h8798; hearken * h238 h8685 unto me, thou son * h1121 of Zippor * h6834:
19 God * h410 is not a man * h376, that he should lie * h3576 h8762; neither the son * h1121 of man * h120, that he should repent * h5162 h8691: hath he said * h559 h8804, and shall he not do * h6213 h8799 it ? or hath he spoken * h1696 h8765, and shall he not make it good * h6965 h8686?
20 Behold, I have received * h3947 h8804 commandment to bless * h1288 h8763: and he hath blessed * h1288 h8765; and I cannot reverse * h7725 h8686 it.
21 He hath not beheld * h5027 h8689 iniquity * h205 in Jacob * h3290, neither hath he seen * h7200 h8804 perverseness * h5999 in Israel * h3478: the LORD * h3068 his God * h430 is with him, and the shout * h8643 of a king * h4428 is among them.
22 God * h410 brought them out * h3318 h8688 of Egypt * h4714; he hath as it were the strength * h8443 of an unicorn * h7214.
23 Surely there is no enchantment * h5173 against Jacob * h3290, neither is there any divination * h7081 against Israel * h3478: according to this time * h6256 it shall be said * h559 h8735 of Jacob * h3290 and of Israel * h3478, What hath God * h410 wrought * h6466 h8804! against: or, in
24 Behold, the people * h5971 shall rise up * h6965 h8799 as a great lion * h3833, and lift up * h5375 h8691 himself as a young lion * h738: he shall not lie down * h7901 h8799 until he eat * h398 h8799 of the prey * h2964, and drink * h8354 h8799 the blood * h1818 of the slain * h2491.
25 And Balak * h1111 said * h559 h8799 unto Balaam * h1109, Neither curse * h5344 h8799 them at all * h6895 h8800, nor bless * h1288 h8762 them at all * h1288 h8763.
26 But Balaam * h1109 answered * h6030 h8799 and said * h559 h8799 unto Balak * h1111, Told * h1696 h8765 not I thee, saying * h559 h8800, All that the LORD * h3068 speaketh * h1696 h8762, that I must do * h6213 h8799?
27 And Balak * h1111 said * h559 h8799 unto Balaam * h1109, Come * h3212 h8798, I pray thee, I will bring * h3947 h8799 thee unto another * h312 place * h4725; peradventure it will please * h3474 h8799 * h5869 God * h430 that thou mayest curse * h6895 h8804 me them from thence.
28 And Balak * h1111 brought * h3947 h8799 Balaam * h1109 unto the top * h7218 of Peor * h6465, that looketh * h8259 h8737 toward * h6440 Jeshimon * h3452.
29 And Balaam * h1109 said * h559 h8799 unto Balak * h1111, Build * h1129 h8798 me here seven * h7651 altars * h4196, and prepare * h3559 h8685 me here seven * h7651 bullocks * h6499 and seven * h7651 rams * h352.
30 And Balak * h1111 did * h6213 h8799 as Balaam * h1109 had said * h559 h8804, and offered * h5927 h8686 a bullock * h6499 and a ram * h352 on every altar * h4196.