| 1 | And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. |
| 2 | And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. |
| 6 | And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied? |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | 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! |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder. |
| 16 | And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. |
| 17 | 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? |
| 18 | And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: |
| 19 | 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? |
| 20 | Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. |
| 21 | 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. |
| 22 | God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. |
| 23 | 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! |
| 24 | 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. |
| 25 | And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. |
| 26 | But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do? |
| 27 | 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. |
| 28 | And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. |
| 29 | And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. |
| 30 | And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar. |
