NU-23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars,
and prepare
me here seven oxen and seven rams.
NU-23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and
Balaam offered on
[every] altar a bullock and a ram.
NU-23:3 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 showeth me I
will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
NU-23:4 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.
NU-23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said,
Return unto
Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
NU-23:6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his
burnt sacrifice,
he, and all the princes of Moab.
NU-23:7 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.
NU-23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how
shall I defy,
[whom] the LORD hath not defied?
NU-23:9 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.
NU-23:10 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!
NU-23:11 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.
NU-23:12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to
speak that which
the LORD hath put in my mouth?
NU-23:13 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.
NU-23:14 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.
NU-23:15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt
offering, while I
meet [the LORD] yonder.
NU-23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth,
and said, Go
again unto Balak, and say thus.
NU-23:17 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?
NU-23:18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak,
and hear;
hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
NU-23:19 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?
NU-23:20 Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he
hath blessed;
and I cannot reverse it.
NU-23:21 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.
NU-23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the
strength of an
unicorn.
NU-23:23 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!
NU-23:24 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.
NU-23:25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all,
nor bless
them at all.
NU-23:26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I
thee, saying,
All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
NU-23:27 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.
NU-23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that
looketh toward
Jeshimon.
NU-23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars,
and prepare
me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
NU-23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a
bullock and a ram on
[every] altar.
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