Berean Standard Bible

Numbers 23:7-18

7And Balaam lifted upH5375 an oracleH4912, sayingH559:

“BalakH1111 brought meH5148 fromH4480 AramH758,the kingH4428 of MoabH4124 from the mountainsH2042 of the eastH6924.‘Come,’ he saidH1980, ‘put a curseH779 on JacobH3290 for me;comeH1980 and denounceH2194 IsraelH3478!’8HowH4100 can I curseH6895 those whom GodH410 has notH3808 cursedH6895?HowH4100 can I denounceH2194 those whom the LORDH3068 has notH3808 denouncedH2194?9ForH3588 I see themH7200 from atopH7218 the rocky cliffsH6697,and I watch themH7789 from the hillsH1389.BeholdH2005, a peopleH5971 dwellingH7931 apartH910,notH3808 reckoning themselvesH2803 among the nationsH1471.10WhoH4310 can countH4487 the dustH6083 of JacobH3290or numberH4557 even a fourthH7255 of IsraelH3478?Let meH5315 dieH4191 the deathH4194 of the righteousH3477;let my endH319 beH1961 like theirsH3644!”

11Then BalakH1111 saidH559 toH413 BalaamH1109, “WhatH4100 have you doneH6213 to me? I brought youH3947 here to curseH6895 my enemiesH341, and beholdH2009, you have only blessed themH1288!”

12But Balaam repliedH6030 H559, “Should I notH3808 speakH1696 exactly whatH834 the LORDH3068 putsH7760 in my mouthH6310 ?”

13Then BalakH1111 saidH559 to himH413, “Please comeH1980 H4994 with meH854 toH413 anotherH312 placeH4725 whereH834 you can see themH7200. You will onlyH657 seeH7200 the outskirts of their campH7097—notH3808 all of themH3605. And from thereH8033, curse themH6895 for me.”

14So Balak took himH3947 to the fieldH7704 of ZophimH6839, to theH413 topH7218 of PisgahH6449, where he builtH1129 sevenH7651 altarsH4196 and offeredH5927 a bullH6499 and a ramH352 on each altarH4196.

15Balaam saidH559 toH413 BalakH1111, “StayH3320 hereH3541 besideH5921 your burnt offeringH5930 while IH595 meetH7136 the LORD over thereH3541.”

16And the LORDH3068 metH7136 withH413 BalaamH1109 and putH7760 a messageH1697 in his mouthH6310, sayingH559, “ReturnH7725 toH413 BalakH1111 and speakH1696 what I tell youH3541.”

17So he returnedH935 to BalakH413, who was standingH5324 thereH2009 byH5921 his burnt offeringH5930 withH854 the princesH8269 of MoabH4124.

“WhatH4100 did the LORDH3068 sayH1696?” BalakH1111 askedH559.

18Then Balaam lifted upH5375 an oracleH4912, sayingH559:

“AriseH6965, O BalakH1111, and listenH8085;giveH238 ear to meH5704, O sonH1121 of ZipporH6834.

Commentaries on Numbers 23