Revised Literal Translation

Numbers 23:18-21

18And he took upוַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'H5375his parableמְשָׁל֖וֹme.sha.LoH4912,and saidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559,Rise upק֤וּםkumH6965,Balakבָּלָק֙ba.LakH1111,and hearוּֽשֲׁמָ֔עu.sha.Ma'H8085;hearkenהַאֲזִ֥ינָהha.'a.Zi.nahH238unto me, thou sonבְּנ֥וֹbe.NoH1121of Zipporצִפֹּֽר׃tzi.PorH6834:

19Godאֵל֙'elH410isnot a manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376,that he should lieוִֽיכַזֵּ֔בvi.kha.ZevH3576;neither the sonוּבֶן־u.ven-H1121of manאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120,that he should repentוְיִתְנֶחָ֑םve.yit.ne.ChamH5162:hath he saidאָמַר֙'a.MarH559,and shall he not doיַעֲשֶׂ֔הya.'a.SehH6213it?or hath he spokenוְדִבֶּ֖רve.di.BerH1696,and shall he not make it goodיְקִימֶֽנָּה׃ye.ki.Me.nahH6965?

20Behold, I have receivedלָקָ֑חְתִּיla.Ka.che.tiH3947commandmentto blessבָרֵ֖ךְva.RekhH1288:and he hath blessedוּבֵרֵ֖ךְu.ve.RekhH1288;and I cannot reverseאֲשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃'a.shi.Ve.nahH7725it.

21He hath not beheldהִבִּ֥יטhi.BitH5027iniquityאָ֙וֶן֙'a.venH205in Jacobבְּיַעֲקֹ֔בbe.ya.'a.KoH3290,neither hath he seenרָאָ֥הra.'AhH7200perversenessעָמָ֖ל'a.MalH5999in Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478:Yhwhיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068his Godאֱלֹהָיו֙'e.lo.HavH430iswith him, and the shoutוּתְרוּעַ֥תu.te.ru.'AtH8643of a kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428is among them.

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