Numbers 23

The Prophecies of Balaam

1Then BalaamH1109 saidH559 to BalakH1111, “BuildH1129 sevenH7651 altarsH4196 for me hereH2088, and prepareH3559 sevenH7651 bullsH6499 and sevenH7651 ramsH352 for me hereH2088.” 2BalakH1111 didH6213 justH3512 asH3512 BalaamH1109 had spokenH1696, and BalakH1111 and BalaamH1109 offeredH5927 upH5927 a bullH6499 and a ramH352 on each altarH4196. 3Then BalaamH1109 saidH559 to BalakH1111, “StandH3320 besideH5921 your burntH5930 offeringH5930, and I will goH1980; perhapsH194 the LordH3068 will comeH7136 to meetH7122 me, and whateverH4100H1697 He showsH7200 me I will tellH5046 you.” So he wentH1980 to a bareH8205 hillH8205.

4Now GodH430 metH7136 with BalaamH1109, and he saidH559 to Him, “I have setH6186 upH6186 the sevenH7651 altarsH4196, and I have offeredH5927 upH5927 a bullH6499 and a ramH352 on each altarH4196.” 5Then the LordH3068 1putH7760 a wordH1697 in Balaam’sH1109 mouthH6310 and saidH559, “ReturnH7725 to BalakH1111, and thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 you shall speakH1696.” 6So he returnedH7725 to him, and beholdH2009, he was standingH5324 besideH5921 his burntH5930 offeringH5930, he and allH3605 the leadersH8269 of MoabH4124. 7And he tookH5375 upH5375 his discourseH4912 and saidH559, “From 2AramH6307 BalakH1111 has broughtH5148 me, Moab’sH4124 kingH4428 from the mountainsH2022 of the EastH6924, saying, ‘3ComeH1980, declareH779 JacobH3290 cursedH779 for me, And comeH1980, curseH2194 IsraelH3478!’84HowH4100 am I to putH6895 aH6895 curseH6895 on him upon whom GodH410 has not putH6895 aH6895 curseH6895? And howH4100 am I to curseH2194 him whom the LordH3068 has not cursedH2194?9For I seeH7200 him from the topH7218 of the rocksH6697, And I lookH7789 atH7789 him from the hillsH1389; 5BeholdH2005, a peopleH5971 that livesH7931 in isolationH910, And does not considerH2803 itself to be among the nationsH1471.106WhoH4310 has countedH4487 the dustH6083 of JacobH3290, Or the numberH4557 of the fourthH7255 partH7255 of IsraelH3478? 7May 8I dieH4191 the deathH4194 of the uprightH3477, 9And may my endH319 be likeH3644 his!”

11Then BalakH1111 saidH559 to BalaamH1109, “WhatH4100 have you doneH6213 to me? 10I tookH3947 you to putH6895 aH6895 curseH6895 on my enemiesH340, but beholdH2009, you have actuallyH1288 blessedH1288 them!” 12He repliedH6030, “Must I not beH8104 carefulH8104 to speakH1696 11whatH834 the LordH3068 putsH7760 in my mouthH6310?”

13Then BalakH1111 saidH559 to him, “PleaseH4994 comeH1980 with me to anotherH312 placeH4725 from whereH834H8033 you may seeH7200 them, although you will onlyH657 seeH7200 the extremeH7097 endH7097 of them and will not seeH7200 allH3605 of them; and putH6895 aH6895 curseH6895 on them for me from thereH8033.” 14So he tookH3947 him to the fieldH7704 of ZophimH6839, to the topH7218 of PisgahH6449, and he builtH1129 sevenH7651 altarsH4196 and offeredH5927 a bullH6499 and a ramH352 on each altarH4196. 15Then he saidH559 to BalakH1111, “StandH3320 hereH3541 besideH5921 your burntH5930 offeringH5930 while I myselfH595 meetH7136 the Lord overH3541 thereH3541.” 16Then the LordH3068 metH7136 BalaamH1109 and 12putH7760 a wordH1697 in his mouthH6310, and saidH559, “ReturnH7725 to BalakH1111, and thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 you shall speakH1696.” 17So he cameH935 to him, and beholdH2009, he was standingH5324 besideH5921 his burntH5930 offeringH5930, and the leadersH8269 of MoabH4124 with him. And BalakH1111 saidH559 to him, “WhatH4100 has the LordH3068 spokenH1696?” 18Then he tookH5375 upH5375 his discourseH4912 and saidH559, “AriseH6965, BalakH1111, and hearH8085; ListenH238 to me, sonH1121 of ZipporH6834!1913GodH410 is not a manH376, that He would lieH3576, NorH3808 a sonH1121 of manH120, that He would changeH5162 His mindH5162; 14Has He saidH559, and will He not doH6213 it? Or has He spokenH1696, and will He not makeH6965 it goodH6965?20BeholdH2009, I have receivedH3947 a command to blessH1288; 15When He has blessedH1288, 16I cannotH3808 revokeH7725 it.2117He has not lookedH5027 atH5027 misfortuneH205 in JacobH3290; 18NorH3808 has He seenH7200 troubleH5999 in IsraelH3478; 19The LordH3068 his GodH430 is with him, 20And the joyfulH8643 shoutH8643 of a kingH4428 is among them.2221GodH410 bringsH3318 them outH3318 of EgyptH4714, He is for them like the 22hornsH8443 of the wildH7214 oxH7214.2323For there is noH3808 magicH5173 curseH5173 against JacobH3290, NorH3808 is there any divinationH7081 against IsraelH3478; At the proper timeH6256 it shall be saidH559 to JacobH3290 And to IsraelH3478, whatH4100 GodH410 has doneH6466!2424BeholdH2005, a peopleH5971 risesH6965 like a lionessH3833, And like a lionH738 it raisesH5375 itself; It will not lieH7901 downH7901 untilH5704 it devoursH398 the preyH2964, And drinksH8354 the bloodH1818 of those slainH2491.”

25Then BalakH1111 saidH559 to BalaamH1109, “Do not curseH6895 them atH6895 allH6895 norH3808 blessH1288 them atH1288 allH1288!” 26But BalaamH1109 repliedH6030 to BalakH1111, “Did I not tellH1696 you, ‘2526WhateverH3605H834 the LordH3068 speaksH1696, I must doH6213’?”

27Then BalakH1111 saidH559 to BalaamH1109, “PleaseH4994 comeH1980, I will takeH3947 you to anotherH312 placeH4725; perhapsH194 it will beH3474 27agreeableH3474 with GodH430 that you curseH6895 them for me from thereH8033.” 28So BalakH1111 tookH3947 BalaamH1109 to the topH7218 of PeorH6465, which overlooksH5921H6440H8259 the 28desertH3452. 29And BalaamH1109 saidH559 to BalakH1111, “BuildH1129 sevenH7651 altarsH4196 for me hereH2088 and prepareH3559 sevenH7651 bullsH6499 and sevenH7651 ramsH352 for me hereH2088.” 30BalakH1111 didH6213 justH3512 asH3512 BalaamH1109 had saidH559, and offeredH5927 upH5927 a bullH6499 and a ramH352 on each altarH4196.