Numbers 23
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Numbers 23:7-18

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 JacobH3290 for me, and comeH3212, defyH2194 IsraelH3478. 8HowH4100 shall I curseH5344, whom GodH410 hath not cursedH6895? or how shall I defyH2194, whom the LORDH3068 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 dieH4191H5315 the deathH4194 of the righteousH3477, and let my lastH319 end be like his!1 11And BalakH1111 saidH559 to BalaamH1109, What hast thou doneH6213 to me? I tookH3947 thee to curseH6895 my enemiesH341, and, behold, thou hast blessedH1288 them altogetherH1288. 12And he answeredH6030 and saidH559, Must I not take heedH8104 to speakH1696 that which the LORDH3068 hath putH7760 in my mouthH6310?

13And BalakH1111 saidH559 to him, ComeH3212, I pray thee, with me to anotherH312 placeH4725, from which thou mayest seeH7200 them: thou shalt seeH7200 butH657 the utmostH7097 part of them, and shalt not seeH7200 them all: and from there curseH6895 them for me. 14And he broughtH3947 him into the fieldH7704 of ZophimH6839H6822, to the topH7218 of PisgahH6449, and builtH1129 sevenH7651 altarsH4196, and offeredH5927 a bullH6499 and a ramH352 on every altarH4196.2 15And he saidH559 to BalakH1111, StandH3320 hereH3541 by thy burnt offeringH5930, while I meetH7136 the LORD yonderH3541. 16And the LORDH3068 metH7136 BalaamH1109, and putH7760 a wordH1697 in his mouthH6310, and saidH559, Go againH7725 to 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 to him, What hath the LORDH3068 spokenH1696? 18And he took upH5375 his parableH4912, and saidH559, RiseH6965, BalakH1111, and hearH8085; hearkenH238 to me, thou sonH1121 of ZipporH6834:

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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 ↩

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Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain