And Balaam said
unto Balak
, Build
me here seven
altars
, and prepare
me here seven
oxen
and seven
rams
.
And Balak did
as Balaam
had spoken
; and Balak
and Balaam
offered
on every altar
a bullock
and a ram
.
And Balaam said
unto Balak
, Stand
by thy burnt offering
, and I will go
: peradventure the LORD
will come
to meet
me: and whatsoever
he sheweth
me I will tell
thee. And he went
to an high place
.
And God met
Balaam
: and he said
unto him, I have prepared
seven
altars
, and I have offered
upon every altar
a bullock
and a ram
.
And the LORD put
a word
in Balaam's
mouth
, and said
, Return
unto Balak
, and thus thou shalt speak
.
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood
by his burnt sacrifice
, he, and all the princes
of Moab
.
And he took up his parable
, and said
, Balak
the king
of Moab
hath brought
me from Aram
, out of the mountains
of the east
, saying , Come
, curse
me Jacob
, and come
, defy
Israel
.
How shall I curse
, whom God
hath not cursed
? or how shall I defy
, whom the LORD
hath not defied
?
For from the top of the rocks
I see
him, and from the hills
I behold
him: lo, the people
shall dwell
alone
, and shall not be reckoned
among the nations
.
Who can count the dust
of Jacob
, and the number
of the fourth
part of Israel
? Let me die
the death
of the righteous
, and let my last
end be like his!
And Balak said
unto Balaam
, What hast thou done
unto me? I took
thee to curse
mine enemies
, and, behold, thou hast blessed
them altogether
.
And he answered and said
, Must I not take heed
to speak
that which the LORD
hath put
in my mouth
?
And Balak said
unto him, Come
, I pray thee, with me unto another
place
, from whence thou mayest see
them: thou shalt see
but
the utmost
part of them, and shalt not see
them all: and curse
me them from thence.
And he brought him into the field
of Zophim
, to the top
of Pisgah
, and built
seven
altars
, and offered
a bullock
and a ram
on every altar
.
And he said unto Balak
, Stand
here
by thy burnt offering
, while I meet
the LORD yonder
.
And the LORD met
Balaam
, and put
a word
in his mouth
, and said
, Go again
unto Balak
, and say
thus.
And when he came to him, behold, he stood
by his burnt offering
, and the princes
of Moab
with him. And Balak
said
unto him, What hath the LORD
spoken
?
And he took up his parable
, and said
, Rise up
, Balak
, and hear
; hearken
unto me, thou son
of Zippor
:
God is not a man
, that he should lie
; neither the son
of man
, that he should repent
: hath he said
, and shall he not do
it ? or hath he spoken
, and shall he not make it good
?
Behold, I have received commandment to bless
: and he hath blessed
; and I cannot reverse
it.
He hath not beheld iniquity
in Jacob
, neither hath he seen
perverseness
in Israel
: the LORD
his God
is with him, and the shout
of a king
is among them.
God brought them out
of Egypt
; he hath as it were the strength
of an unicorn
.
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob
, neither is there any divination
against Israel
: according to this time
it shall be said
of Jacob
and of Israel
, What hath God
wrought
!
Behold, the people shall rise up
as a great lion
, and lift up
himself as a young lion
: he shall not lie down
until he eat
of the prey
, and drink
the blood
of the slain
.
And Balak said
unto Balaam
, Neither curse
them at all
, nor bless
them at all
.
But Balaam answered
and said
unto Balak
, Told
not I thee, saying
, All that the LORD
speaketh
, that I must do
?
And Balak said
unto Balaam
, Come
, I pray thee, I will bring
thee unto another
place
; peradventure it will please
God
that thou mayest curse
me them from thence.
And Balak brought
Balaam
unto the top
of Peor
, that looketh
toward
Jeshimon
.
And Balaam said
unto Balak
, Build
me here seven
altars
, and prepare
me here seven
bullocks
and seven
rams
.
And Balak did
as Balaam
had said
, and offered
a bullock
and a ram
on every altar
.