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Numbers 23

1AndBalaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toBalakבָּלָ֔קba.LakH1111,Buildבְּנֵה־be.neh-H1129me heresevenשִׁבְעָ֣הshiv.'AhH7651altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֑תmiz.be.ChotH4196, andprepareוְהָכֵ֥ןve.ha.KhenH3559me heresevenשִׁבְעָ֥הshiv.'AhH7651oxenפָרִ֖יםfa.RimH6499andsevenוְשִׁבְעָ֥הve.shiv.'AhH7651ramsאֵילִֽים׃'ei.LimH352.

2AndBalakבָּלָ֔קba.LakH1111didוַיַּ֣עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213asBalaamבִּלְעָ֑םbil.'AmH1109hadspokenדִּבֶּ֣רdi.BerH1696; andBalakבָּלָ֧קba.LakH1111andBalaamוּבִלְעָ֛םu.vil.'AmH1109offeredוַיַּ֨עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927on everyaltarבַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ba.miz.Be.achH4196abullפָּ֥רparH6499and aramוָאַ֖יִלva.'A.yilH352.

3AndBalaamבִּלְעָ֜םbil.'AmH1109saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toBalakלְבָלָ֗קle.va.LakH1111,Standהִתְיַצֵּב֮hit.ya.TzevH3320by thy burntofferingעֹלָתֶךָ֒'o.la.te.KhaH5930, and I willgoH3212: perhaps theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068willcomeיִקָּרֵ֤הyi.ka.RehH7136tomeetH7125me: andwhateverוּדְבַ֥רu.de.VarH1697heshowethיַּרְאֵ֖נִיyar.'E.niH7200me I willtellוְהִגַּ֣דְתִּיve.hi.Gad.tiH5046thee. And hewentH3212to an highplaceשֶֽׁפִי׃She.fiH8205.

4AndGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430metוַיִּקָּ֥רvai.yi.KarH7136Balaamבִּלְעָ֑םbil.'AmH1109: and hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, I havepreparedעָרַ֔כְתִּי'a.Rakh.tiH6186sevenשִׁבְעַ֤תshiv.'AtH7651altarsהַֽמִּזְבְּחֹת֙ha.miz.be.ChotH4196, and I haveofferedוָאַ֛עַלva.'A.'alH5927upon everyaltarבַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ba.miz.Be.achH4196abullפָּ֥רparH6499and aramוָאַ֖יִלva.'A.yilH352.

5And theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068putוַיָּ֧שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760awordדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697inBalaam’sבִלְעָ֑םvil.'AmH1109mouthבְּפִ֣יbe.FiH6310, andsaidוַיֹּ֛אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Returnשׁ֥וּבshuvH7725toBalakבָּלָ֖קba.LakH1111, and thus thou shaltspeakתְדַבֵּֽר׃te.da.BerH1696.

6And hereturnedוַיָּ֣שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725to him, and, lo, hestoodנִצָּ֖בni.TzavH5324by his burntsacrificeעֹלָת֑וֹo.la.ToH5930, he, and all theprincesשָׂרֵ֥יsa.ReiH8269ofMoabמוֹאָֽב׃mo.'AvH4124.

7And he tookupוַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'H5375hisparableמְשָׁל֖וֹme.sha.LoH4912, andsaidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559,Balakבָלָ֤קva.LakH1111thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofMoabמוֹאָב֙mo.'AvH4124hathbroughtיַנְחֵ֨נִיyan.Che.niH5148me fromAramאֲ֠רָם'A.romH758, out of themountainsמֵֽהַרְרֵי־me.ha.rei-H2042of theeastקֶ֔דֶםKe.demH6924, saying,ComeH3212,curseאָֽרָה־'a.rah-H779Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290for me, andcomeH3212,defyזֹעֲמָ֥הzo.'a.MahH2194Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

8HowH4100shall IcurseH5344, whomGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410hath notcursedH6895? or how shall Idefyאֶזְעֹ֔ם'ez.'OmH2194, whom theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068hath notdefiedזָעַ֖םza.'AmH2194?

9For from thetopמֵרֹ֤אשׁme.RoshH7218of therocksצֻרִים֙tzu.RimH6697Iseeאֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ'er.'E.nuH7200him, and from thehillsוּמִגְּבָע֖וֹתu.mi.ge.va.'otH1389Ibeholdאֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ'a.shu.Re.nuH7789him: lo, thepeopleעָם֙'amH5971shalldwellיִשְׁכֹּ֔ןyish.KonH7931aloneלְבָדָ֣דle.va.DadH910, and shall not bereckonedיִתְחַשָּֽׁב׃yit.cha.ShavH2803among thenationsוּבַגּוֹיִ֖םu.va.go.YimH1471.

10Who cancountמָנָה֙ma.NahH4487thedustעֲפַ֣ר'a.FarH6083ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290, and thenumberוּמִסְפָּ֖רu.mis.ParH4557of thefourthרֹ֣בַעRoa'H7255part ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478? Let medieתָּמֹ֤ת נַפְשִׁי֙ta.Mot naf.ShiH4191 H5315thedeathמ֣וֹתMotH4194of therighteousיְשָׁרִ֔יםye.sha.RimH3477, and let mylastאַחֲרִיתִ֖י'a.cha.ri.TiH319end be like his!

11AndBalakבָּלָק֙ba.LakH1111saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toBalaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmH1109, What hast thoudoneעָשִׂ֖יתָ'a.Si.taH6213to me? Itookלְקַחְתִּ֔יךָle.kach.Ti.khaH3947thee tocurseלָקֹ֤בla.KoH6895myenemiesאֹיְבַי֙'o.ye.VaiH341, and, behold, thou hastblessedבֵּרַ֥כְתָּbe.Rakh.taH1288themaltogetherבָרֵֽךְ׃va.RekhH1288.

12And heansweredוַיַּ֖עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030andsaidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559, Must I not takeheedאֶשְׁמֹ֖ר'esh.MorH8104tospeakלְדַבֵּֽר׃le.da.BerH1696that which theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathputיָשִׂ֤יםya.SimH7760in mymouthבְּפִ֔יbe.FiH6310?

13AndBalakבָּלָ֗קba.LakH1111saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him,ComeH3212, I pray thee, with me toanotherאַחֵר֙'a.CherH312placeמָק֤וֹםma.KomH4725, from which thou mayestseeתִּרְאֶ֣נּוּtir.'E.nuH7200them: thou shaltseeתִרְאֶ֔הtir.'EhH7200butאֶ֚פֶס'E.fesH657theutmostקָצֵ֣הוּka.Tze.huH7097part of them, and shalt notseeתִרְאֶ֑הtir.'EhH7200them all: and from therecurseוְקָבְנוֹ־ve.ka.ve.nov-H6895them for me.

14And hebroughtוַיִּקָּחֵ֙הוּ֙vai.yi.ka.Che.huH3947him into thefieldשְׂדֵ֣הse.DehH7704ofZophimצֹפִ֔יםtzo.FimH6839 H6822, to thetopרֹ֖אשׁroshH7218ofPisgahהַפִּסְגָּ֑הha.pis.GahH6449, andbuiltוַיִּ֙בֶן֙vai.Yi.venH1129sevenשִׁבְעָ֣הshiv.'AhH7651altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֔תmiz.be.ChotH4196, andofferedוַיַּ֛עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927abullפָּ֥רparH6499and aramוָאַ֖יִלva.'A.yilH352on everyaltarבַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ba.miz.Be.achH4196.

15And hesaidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559toBalakבָּלָ֔קba.LakH1111,Standהִתְיַצֵּ֥בhit.ya.TzevH3320hereכֹּ֖הkohH3541by thy burntofferingעֹלָתֶ֑ךָ'o.la.Te.khaH5930, while Imeetאִקָּ֥רֶה'i.Ka.rehH7136the LORDyonderכֹּֽה׃KohH3541.

16And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068metוַיִּקָּ֤רvai.yi.KarH7136Balaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmH1109, andputוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760awordדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697in hismouthבְּפִ֑יוbe.FivH6310, andsaidוַיֹּ֛אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Goagainשׁ֥וּבshuvH7725toBalakבָּלָ֖קba.LakH1111, andsayתְדַבֵּֽר׃te.da.BerH1696thus.

17And when hecameוַיָּבֹ֣אvai.ya.Vo'H935to him, behold, hestoodנִצָּב֙ni.TzavH5324by his burntofferingעֹ֣לָת֔וֹo.la.ToH5930, and theprincesוְשָׂרֵ֥יve.sa.ReiH8269ofMoabמוֹאָ֖בmo.'AvH4124with him. AndBalakבָּלָ֔קba.LakH1111saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, What hath theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068spokenדִּבֶּ֖רdi.BerH1696?

18And he tookupוַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'H5375hisparableמְשָׁל֖וֹme.sha.LoH4912, andsaidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559,Riseק֤וּםkumH6965,Balakבָּלָק֙ba.LakH1111, andhearוּֽשֲׁמָ֔עu.sha.Ma'H8085;hearkenהַאֲזִ֥ינָהha.'a.Zi.nahH238to me, thousonבְּנ֥וֹbe.NoH1121ofZipporצִפֹּֽר׃tzi.PorH6834:

19Godאֵל֙'elH410is not amanאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376, that he shouldlieוִֽיכַזֵּ֔בvi.kha.ZevH3576; neither thesonוּבֶן־u.ven-H1121ofmanאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120, that he shouldrepentוְיִתְנֶחָ֑םve.yit.ne.ChamH5162: hath hesaidאָמַר֙'a.MarH559, and shall he notdoיַעֲשֶׂ֔הya.'a.SehH6213it ? or hath hespokenוְדִבֶּ֖רve.di.BerH1696, and shall he not make itgoodיְקִימֶֽנָּה׃ye.ki.Me.nahH6965?

20Behold, I havereceivedלָקָ֑חְתִּיla.Ka.che.tiH3947commandment toblessבָרֵ֖ךְva.RekhH1288: and he hathblessedוּבֵרֵ֖ךְu.ve.RekhH1288; and I cannotreverseאֲשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃'a.shi.Ve.nahH7725it.

21He hath notbeheldהִבִּ֥יטhi.BitH5027iniquityאָ֙וֶן֙'a.venH205inJacobבְּיַעֲקֹ֔בbe.ya.'a.KoH3290, neither hath heseenרָאָ֥הra.'AhH7200perversenessעָמָ֖ל'a.MalH5999inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478: theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068hisGodאֱלֹהָיו֙'e.lo.HavH430is with him, and theshoutוּתְרוּעַ֥תu.te.ru.'AtH8643of akingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428is among them.

22Godאֵ֖ל'elH410brought themoutמוֹצִיאָ֣םmo.tzi.'AmH3318ofEgyptמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714; he hath as it were thestrengthכְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥תke.to.'a.FotH8443of anunicornרְאֵ֖םre.'EmH7214.

23Surely there is noenchantmentנַ֙חַשׁ֙na.chashH5173againstJacobבְּיַעֲקֹ֔בbe.ya.'a.KoH3290, neither is there anydivinationקֶ֖סֶםKe.semH7081againstIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478: according to thistimeכָּעֵ֗תka.'EtH6256it shall besaidיֵאָמֵ֤רye.'a.MerH559ofJacobלְיַעֲקֹב֙le.ya.'a.KoH3290and ofIsraelוּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לu.le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, What hathGodאֵֽל׃'ElH410wroughtפָּ֖עַלPa.'alH6466!

24Behold, thepeopleעָם֙'amH5971shall riseupיָק֔וּםya.KumH6965as a greatlionכְּלָבִ֣יאke.la.Vi'H3833, and liftupיִתְנַשָּׂ֑אyit.na.Sa'H5375himself as a younglionוְכַאֲרִ֖יve.kha.'a.RiH738: he shall not liedownיִשְׁכַּב֙yish.KavH7901until he shalleatיֹ֣אכַלYo.khalH398of thepreyטֶ֔רֶףTe.refH2964, anddrinkיִשְׁתֶּֽה׃yish.TehH8354thebloodוְדַם־ve.dam-H1818of theslainחֲלָלִ֖יםcha.la.LimH2491.

25AndBalakבָּלָק֙ba.LakH1111saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toBalaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmH1109, NeithercurseH5344them atallH6895, norblessבָּרֵ֖ךְba.RekhH1288them atallתְבָרֲכֶֽנּוּ׃te.va.ra.Khe.nuH1288.

26ButBalaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmH1109answeredוַיַּ֣עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030andsaidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toBalakבָּלָ֑קba.LakH1111, Did I nottellדִּבַּ֤רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696thee,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, All that theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068speakethיְדַבֵּ֥רye.da.BerH1696, that I mustdoאֶֽעֱשֶֽׂה׃'E.'e.SehH6213?

27AndBalakבָּלָק֙ba.LakH1111saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toBalaamבִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmH1109,ComeH3212, I pray thee, I willbringאֶקָּ֣חֲךָ֔'e.Ka.cha.khaH3947thee toanotherאַחֵ֑ר'a.CherH312placeמָק֖וֹםma.KomH4725; perhaps it willpleaseיִישַׁר֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣יyi.Shar be.'ei.NeiH3474 H5869Godהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430that thou mayest from therecurseוְקַבֹּ֥תוֹve.ka.Bo.tovH6895them for me.

28AndBalakבָּלָ֖קba.LakH1111broughtוַיִּקַּ֥חvai.yi.KachH3947Balaamבִּלְעָ֑םbil.'AmH1109to thetopרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218ofPeorהַפְּע֔וֹרha.pe.'orH6465, thatlookethהַנִּשְׁקָ֖ףha.nish.KafH8259towardפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440Jeshimonהַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃hay.shi.MonH3452.

29AndBalaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toBalakבָּלָ֔קba.LakH1111,Buildבְּנֵה־be.neh-H1129me heresevenשִׁבְעָ֣הshiv.'AhH7651altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֑תmiz.be.ChotH4196, andprepareוְהָכֵ֥ןve.ha.KhenH3559me heresevenשִׁבְעָ֥הshiv.'AhH7651bullsפָרִ֖יםfa.RimH6499andsevenוְשִׁבְעָ֥הve.shiv.'AhH7651ramsאֵילִֽים׃'ei.LimH352.

30AndBalakבָּלָ֔קba.LakH1111didוַיַּ֣עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213asBalaamבִּלְעָ֑םbil.'AmH1109hadsaidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559, andofferedוַיַּ֛עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927abullפָּ֥רparH6499and aramוָאַ֖יִלva.'A.yilH352on everyaltarבַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ba.miz.Be.achH4196.

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