Chapter 23

¹ And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams. ² And Balak did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on [every] altar. ³ And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall show me, I will report to thee. And Balak stood by his sacrifice. ⁴ And Balaam went to inquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar. ⁵ And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, Thou shalt return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. ⁶ And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole burnt offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him. ⁷ And he took up his parable, and said,

Num 23:1-7

⁸ How can I curse whom the Lord curses not?

Num 23:8

⁹ For from the top of the mountains I shall see him,

Num 23:9

¹⁰ Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob,

Num 23:10

¹¹ And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I called thee to curse my enemies, and behold thou hast greatly blessed [them]. ¹² And Balaam said to Balak, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this? ¹³ And Balak said to him, Come yet with me to another place where thou shalt not see the people, but only thou shalt see a part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence.

Num 23:11-13

¹⁴ And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried [rock], and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar. ¹⁵ And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to inquire of God. ¹⁶ And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. ¹⁷ And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole burnt sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has the Lord spoken? ¹⁸ And he took up his parable, and said,

Num 23:14-18

¹⁹ God is not as man to waver,

Num 23:19

²⁰ Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless:

Num 23:20

²¹ There shall not be trouble in Jacob,

Num 23:21

²² It was God who brought him out of Egypt;

Num 23:22

²³ For there is no divination in Jacob,

Num 23:23

²⁴ Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion’s whelp,

Num 23:24

²⁵ And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all. ²⁶ And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Spoke I not to thee, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do? ²⁷ And Balak said to Balaam, Come [and] I will remove thee to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence. ²⁸ And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which extends to the wilderness. ²⁹ And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams. ³⁰ And Balak did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.

Num 23:25-30