New American Standard Bible 2020
Numbers 23:7-23
7And he tookH5375 upH5375 his discourseH4912 and saidH559, “From 1AramH6307 BalakH1111 has broughtH5148 me, Moab’sH4124 kingH4428 from the mountainsH2022 of the EastH6924, saying, ‘2ComeH1980, declareH779 JacobH3290 cursedH779 for me, And comeH1980, curseH2194 IsraelH3478!’83HowH4100 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; 4BeholdH2005, a peopleH5971 that livesH7931 in isolationH910, And does not considerH2803 itself to be among the nationsH1471.105WhoH4310 has countedH4487 the dustH6083 of JacobH3290, Or the numberH4557 of the fourthH7255 partH7255 of IsraelH3478? 6May 7I dieH4191 the deathH4194 of the uprightH3477, 8And may my endH319 be likeH3644 his!”
11Then BalakH1111 saidH559 to BalaamH1109, “WhatH4100 have you doneH6213 to me? 9I 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 10whatH834 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 11putH7760 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!1912GodH410 is not a manH376, that He would lieH3576, NorH3808 a sonH1121 of manH120, that He would changeH5162 His mindH5162; 13Has 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; 14When He has blessedH1288, 15I cannotH3808 revokeH7725 it.2116He has not lookedH5027 atH5027 misfortuneH205 in JacobH3290; 17NorH3808 has He seenH7200 troubleH5999 in IsraelH3478; 18The LordH3068 his GodH430 is with him, 19And the joyfulH8643 shoutH8643 of a kingH4428 is among them.2220GodH410 bringsH3318 them outH3318 of EgyptH4714, He is for them like the 21hornsH8443 of the wildH7214 oxH7214.2322For 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!
Notes
- 1. Numbers 23:7 Num 22:5; Deut 23:4 ↩
- 2. Numbers 23:7 Num 22:6 ↩
- 3. Numbers 23:8 Num 22:12 ↩
- 4. Numbers 23:9 Deut 32:8; 33:28 ↩
- 5. Numbers 23:10 Gen 13:16; 28:14 ↩
- 6. Numbers 23:10 Is 57:1 ↩
- 7. Numbers 23:10 Lit my soul ↩
- 8. Numbers 23:10 Ps 37:37 ↩
- 9. Numbers 23:11 Neh 13:2 ↩
- 10. Numbers 23:12 Num 22:20 ↩
- 11. Numbers 23:16 Num 22:20 ↩
- 12. Numbers 23:19 1 Sam 15:29 ↩
- 13. Numbers 23:19 Is 40:8; 55:11 ↩
- 14. Numbers 23:20 Gen 12:2; 22:17; Num 22:12 ↩
- 15. Numbers 23:20 Is 43:13 ↩
- 16. Numbers 23:21 Num 14:18, 19, 34; Ps 32:2, 5 ↩
- 17. Numbers 23:21 Deut 9:24; 32:5; Jer 50:20 ↩
- 18. Numbers 23:21 Ex 3:12; Deut 31:23 ↩
- 19. Numbers 23:21 Deut 33:5; Ps 89:15-18 ↩
- 20. Numbers 23:22 Num 24:8 ↩
- 21. Numbers 23:22 Deut 33:17 ↩
- 22. Numbers 23:23 Num 22:7; 24:1; Josh 13:22 ↩
Commentaries on Numbers 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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