Numbers 23
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Numbers 23:7-23

7And he took upH5375 his parableH4912, and saidH559, BalakH1111 the kingH4428 of MoabH4124 hath broughtH5148 me from AramH758, out of the mountainsH2042 of the eastH6924, saying, ComeH3212, curseH779 me JacobH3290, and comeH3212, defyH2194 IsraelH3478. 8HowH4100 shall I curseH5344, whom GodH410 hath not cursedH6895? or how shall I defyH2194, whom YhwhH3068 hath not defiedH2194? 9For from the topH7218 of the rocksH6697 I seeH7200 him, and from the hillsH1389 I beholdH7789 him: lo, the peopleH5971 shall dwellH7931 aloneH910, and shall not be reckonedH2803 among the nationsH1471. 10Who can countH4487 the dustH6083 of JacobH3290, and the numberH4557 of the fourthH7255 part of IsraelH3478? Let me dieH5315H4191 the deathH4194 of the righteousH3477, and let my lastH319 end be like his!1 11And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto BalaamH1109, What hast thou doneH6213 unto me? I tookH3947 thee to curseH6895 mine enemiesH341, and, behold, thou hast blessedH1288 them altogetherH1288. 12And he answeredH6030 and saidH559, Must I not take heedH8104 to speakH1696 that which YhwhH3068 hath putH7760 in my mouthH6310? 13And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto him, ComeH3212, I pray thee, with me unto anotherH312 placeH4725, from whence thou mayest seeH7200 them: thou shalt seeH7200 butH657 the utmostH7097 part of them, and shalt not seeH7200 them all: and curseH6895 me them from thence.

14And he broughtH3947 him into the fieldH7704 of ZophimH6822H6839, to the topH7218 of PisgahH6449, and builtH1129 sevenH7651 altarsH4196, and offeredH5927 a bullockH6499 and a ramH352 on every altarH4196.2 15And he saidH559 unto BalakH1111, StandH3320 hereH3541 by thy burnt offeringH5930, while I meetH7136 the Lord yonderH3541. 16And YhwhH3068 metH7136 BalaamH1109, and putH7760 a wordH1697 in his mouthH6310, and saidH559, Go againH7725 unto BalakH1111, and sayH1696 thus. 17And when he cameH935 to him, behold, he stoodH5324 by his burnt offeringH5930, and the princesH8269 of MoabH4124 with him. And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto him, What hath YhwhH3068 spokenH1696? 18And he took upH5375 his parableH4912, and saidH559, Rise upH6965, BalakH1111, and hearH8085; hearkenH238 unto me, thou sonH1121 of ZipporH6834: 19GodH410 is not a manH376, that he should lieH3576; neither the sonH1121 of manH120, that he should repentH5162: hath he saidH559, and shall he not doH6213 it? or hath he spokenH1696, and shall he not make it goodH6965? 20Behold, I have receivedH3947 commandment to blessH1288: and he hath blessedH1288; and I cannot reverseH7725 it. 21He hath not beheldH5027 iniquityH205 in JacobH3290, neither hath he seenH7200 perversenessH5999 in IsraelH3478: YhwhH3068 his GodH430 is with him, and the shoutH8643 of a kingH4428 is among them. 22GodH410 brought them outH3318 of EgyptH4714; he hath as it were the strengthH8443 of an unicornH7214. 23Surely there is no enchantmentH5173 against JacobH3290, neither is there any divinationH7081 against IsraelH3478: according to this timeH6256 it shall be saidH559 of JacobH3290 and of IsraelH3478, What hath GodH410 wroughtH6466!3

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Notes

  1. 1. Numbers 23:10 me: Heb. my soul, or, my life. ↩
  2. 2. Numbers 23:14 Pisgah: or, the hill. ↩
  3. 3. Numbers 23:23 against: or, in. ↩

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