Numbers 23
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Numbers 23

1And BalaamH1109 saidH559 to BalakH1111, BuildH1129 me hereH2088 sevenH7651 altarsH4196, and prepareH3559 me hereH2088 sevenH7651 bullocks and sevenH7651 ramsH352. 2And BalakH1111 did as BalaamH1109 had saidH1696; and BalakH1111 and BalaamH1109 offeredH5927 up a bullock and a ramH352 on [each] altarH4196. 3And BalaamH1109 saidH559 to BalakH1111, StandH3320 by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhapsH194 Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tellH5046 thee. And he went to a hill. 4And 1GodH430 metH7136 BalaamH1109; and [BalaamH1109] saidH559 to him, I have disposed sevenH7651 altarsH4196, and have offeredH5927 up a bullock and a ramH352 upon [each] altarH4196. 5And Jehovah putH7760 a wordH1697 in Balaam's mouthH6310, and saidH559, ReturnH7725 to BalakH1111, and thusH3541 shalt thou speakH1696. 6And he returnedH7725 to him, and behold, he was standingH5324 by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princesH8269 of MoabH4124. 7And he tookH5375 up his parableH4912, and saidH559, BalakH1111 the kingH4428 of MoabH4124 hath brought me from AramH758, from the mountainsH2042 of the eastH6924: Come, curseH779 me JacobH3290, and come, denounceH2194 IsraelH3478! 8HowH4100 shall I curseH6895 whom 2GodH410 hath not cursedH6895? or howH4100 shall I denounceH2194 whom Jehovah doth not denounceH2194? 9For from the topH7218 of the rocksH6697 I seeH7200 him, and from the hillsH1389 I behold him: Lo, [it is] a peopleH5971 that shall dwellH7931 aloneH910 and shall not be reckonedH2803 among the nationsH1471. 10Who can countH4487 the dustH6083 of JacobH3290, and the numberH4557 of the fourthH7255 partH319 of IsraelH3478? Let my soulH5315 dieH4191 the deathH4191 of the righteous, and let my endH319 beH1961 like his! 11And BalakH1111 saidH559 to BalaamH1109, What hast thou done to 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 putsH7760 in my mouthH6310? 13And BalakH1111 saidH559 to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another placeH4725, from whence thou wilt seeH7200 them; thou shalt seeH7200 onlyH657 the extremity of them and shalt not seeH7200 them all, and curseH6895 me them from thence. 14And he tookH3947 him to the watchmen's fieldH7704, to the topH7218 of PisgahH6449, and builtH1129 sevenH7651 altarsH4196, and offeredH5927 up a bullock and a ramH352 on [each] altarH4196. 15And [Balaam] saidH559 to BalakH1111, StandH3320 here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meetH7136 yonder. 16And Jehovah metH7136 BalaamH1109, and putH7760 a wordH1697 in his mouthH6310, and saidH559, ReturnH7725 to BalakH1111, and thusH3541 shalt thou speakH1696. 17And he cameH935 to him, and behold, he was standingH5324 by his burnt-offering, and the princesH8269 of MoabH4124 with him; and BalakH1111 saidH559 to him, What has Jehovah spokenH1696? 18Then he tookH5375 up his parableH4912 and saidH559, RiseH6965 up, BalakH1111, and hearH8085! hearken unto me, sonH1121 of ZipporH6834! 193GodH410 is not a manH376, that he should lieH3576; neither a sonH1121 of manH376, that he should repentH5162. Shall he sayH559 and not do? and shall he speakH1696 and not makeH6213 it good? 20Behold, I have receivedH3947 [mission] to blessH1288; and he hath blessedH1288, and I cannot reverse it. 21He hath not beheld iniquity in JacobH3290, neither hath he seenH7200 wrong in IsraelH3478; Jehovah his 4GodH430 is with him, and the shoutH8643 of a kingH4428 is in his midst. 225GodH410 broughtH3318 him out of EgyptH4714; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo. 23For there is no enchantment against JacobH3290, neither is there any divinationH7081 against IsraelH3478. At this timeH6256 it shall be saidH559 of JacobH3290 and of IsraelH3478, What hath 6GodH410 wrought! 24Lo, the peopleH5971 will riseH6965 up as a lionessH3833, and liftH5375 himself up as a lionH738. He shall not lieH7901 down until he have eatenH398 the preyH2964 and drunkH8354 the bloodH1818 of the slainH2491. 25And BalakH1111 saidH559 to BalaamH1109, Neither curseH6895 them at all, nor blessH1288 them at all. 26And BalaamH1109 answered and saidH559 to BalakH1111, Did I not tell thee, sayingH559, All that Jehovah shall speakH1696, that will I do? 27And BalakH1111 saidH559 to BalaamH1109, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another placeH4725; perhapsH194 it will be right in the sight of 7GodH430 that thou curseH6895 me them from thence. 28And BalakH1111 brought BalaamH1109 to the topH7218 of PeorH6465, which looksH8259 over the surfaceH6440 of the waste. 29And BalaamH1109 saidH559 to 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 each altarH4196.

Notes

  1. 1. Numbers 23:4 23.4 Elohim ↩
  2. 2. Numbers 23:8 23.8 El ↩
  3. 3. Numbers 23:19 23.19 El ↩
  4. 4. Numbers 23:21 23.21 Elohim ↩
  5. 5. Numbers 23:22 23.22 El ↩
  6. 6. Numbers 23:23 23.23 El ↩
  7. 7. Numbers 23:27 23.27 Elohim ↩

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