Numbers 23

Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.”

And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.

God met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.”

And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Yahweh put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

He took up his parable, and said,

And he took up his parable, and said,

How shall I curse whom God has not cursed?

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?

For from the top of the rocks I see him.

For from the top of the rocks I see him,

Who can count the dust of Jacob,

Who can count the dust of Jacob,

Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether.”

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.

He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?”

And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, where you may see them. You shall see just part of them, and shall not see them all. Curse them from there for me.”

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.

He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.

And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

He said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet God over there.”

And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.

Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.”

And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, “What has Yahweh spoken?”

And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?

He took up his parable, and said,

And he took up his parable, and said,

God is not a man, that he should lie,

God is not a man, that he should lie,

Behold, I have received a command to bless.

Behold, I have received commandment to bless:

He has not seen iniquity in Jacob.

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob;

God brings them out of Egypt.

God bringeth them forth out of Egypt;

Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob;

Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob;

Behold, a people rises up as a lioness.

Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness,

Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.”

And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

But Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?’”

But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”

And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.

And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.