American Standard Version

Numbers 23

1And BalaamH1109 saidH559 unto BalakH1111, BuildH1129 me hereH2088 sevenH7651 altarsH4196, and prepareH3559 me hereH2088 sevenH7651 bullocks and sevenH7651 ramsH352. 2And BalakH1111 did as BalaamH1109 had spokenH1696; and BalakH1111 and BalaamH1109 offeredH5927 on every altarH4196 a bullock and a ramH352. 3And BalaamH1109 saidH559 unto BalakH1111, StandH3320 by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tellH5046 thee. And he went to a bareH8205 height. 4And GodH430 metH7136 BalaamH1109: and he saidH559 unto him, I have prepared the sevenH7651 altarsH4196, and I have offeredH5927 up a bullock and a ramH352 on every altarH4196. 5And Jehovah putH7760 a wordH1697 in Balaam’s mouthH6310, and saidH559, ReturnH7725 unto BalakH1111, and thusH3541 thou shalt speakH1696. 6And he returnedH7725 unto him, and, lo, he was standingH5324 by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princesH8269 of MoabH4124. 7And he tookH5375 up his parableH4912, and saidH559,

From AramH758 hath BalakH1111 brought me,The kingH4428 of MoabH4124 from the mountainsH2042 of the EastH6924:Come, curseH779 me JacobH3290,And come, defy IsraelH3478.8HowH4100 shall I curseH6895, whom GodH410 hath not cursedH6895?And howH4100 shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?9For from the topH7218 of the rocksH6697 I seeH7200 him,And from the hillsH1389 I behold him:Lo, it is a peopleH5971 that dwelleth aloneH910,And shall not be reckonedH2803 among the nationsH1471.10Who can countH4487 the dustH6083 of JacobH3290,Or numberH4557 the fourthH7255 partH319 of IsraelH3478?Let me dieH4191 the deathH4191 of the righteous,And let my last endH319 beH1961 like his!

11And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto BalaamH1109, What hast thou done unto me? I tookH3947 thee to curseH6895 mine enemiesH341, and, behold, thou hast blessedH1288 them altogether. 12And he answered and saidH559, Must I not takeH8104 heedH8104 to speakH1696 that which Jehovah putteth in my mouthH6310?

13And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another placeH4725, from whence thou mayest seeH7200 them; thou shalt seeH7200 but the utmost part of them, and shalt not seeH7200 them all: and curseH6895 me them from thence. 14And he tookH3947 him into the fieldH7704 of Zophim, to the topH7218 of PisgahH6449, and builtH1129 sevenH7651 altarsH4196, and offeredH5927 up a bullock and a ramH352 on every altarH4196. 15And he saidH559 unto BalakH1111, StandH3320 here by thy burnt-offering, while I meetH7136 Jehovah yonder. 16And Jehovah metH7136 BalaamH1109, and putH7760 a wordH1697 in his mouthH6310, and saidH559, ReturnH7725 unto BalakH1111, and thusH3541 shalt thou speakH1696. 17And he cameH935 to him, and, lo, he was standingH5324 by his burnt-offering, and the princesH8269 of MoabH4124 with him. And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto him, What hath Jehovah spokenH1696? 18And he tookH5375 up his parableH4912, and saidH559,

RiseH6965 up, BalakH1111, and hearH8085;Hearken unto me, thou sonH1121 of ZipporH6834:19GodH410 is not a manH376, that he should lieH3576,Neither the sonH1121 of manH376, that he should repentH5162:Hath he saidH559, and will he not do it?Or hath he spokenH1696, and will he not makeH6213 it good?20Behold, I have receivedH3947commandmentto blessH1288:And he hath blessedH1288, and I cannot reverse it.21He hath not beheld iniquity in JacobH3290;Neither hath he seenH7200 perverseness in IsraelH3478:Jehovah his GodH430 is with him,And the shoutH8643 of a kingH4428 is among them.22GodH410 bringeth them forthH3318 out of EgyptH4714;He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.23Surely there is no enchantment with JacobH3290;Neither is there any divinationH7081 with IsraelH3478:Now shall it be saidH559 of JacobH3290 and of IsraelH3478,What hath GodH410 wrought!24Behold, the peopleH5971 riseth up as a lionessH3833,And as a lionH738 doth he liftH5375 himself up:He shall not lieH7901 down until he eatH398 of the preyH2964,And drinkH8354 the bloodH1818 of the slainH2491.

25And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto BalaamH1109, Neither curseH6895 them at all, nor blessH1288 them at all. 26But BalaamH1109 answered and saidH559 unto BalakH1111, Told not I thee, sayingH559, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

27And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto BalaamH1109, Come now, I will takeH3947 thee unto another placeH4725; peradventure it will pleaseH4994 GodH430 that thou mayest curseH6895 me them from thence. 28And BalakH1111 tookH3947 BalaamH1109 unto the topH7218 of PeorH6465, that looketh downH8259 upon the desert. 29And BalaamH1109 saidH559 unto BalakH1111, BuildH1129 me hereH2088 sevenH7651 altarsH4196, and prepareH3559 me hereH2088 sevenH7651 bullocks and sevenH7651 ramsH352. 30And BalakH1111 did as BalaamH1109 had saidH559, and offeredH5927 up a bullock and a ramH352 on every altarH4196.

Commentaries on Numbers 23

American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain