Num 23 | ABEn | STEP | And Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven shrines, and prepare for me here seven calves, and seven rams!

Numbers 23

CHAPTER 23 Balaam's Parable

1 And Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven shrines, and prepare for me here seven calves, and seven rams! 2 And Balak did in which manner [²said ³to him ¹Balaam]. And he offered a calf and ram upon the shrine. 3 And Balaam said to Balak, You stand beside your sacrifice! and I shall go and see if [⁵me ²shall appear ¹God ³to ⁴meet with]. And the saying which ever he shall show to me I shall announce to you. And he went straight. 4 And God appeared to Balaam. And [²said ³to ⁴him ¹Balaam], The seven shrines I prepared, and I brought a calf and ram unto the shrine. 5 And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and he said, Turning towards Balak thus you shall speak. 6 And he returned to him, and thus he stood over his whole burnt-offerings, and all the rulers of Moab with him. 7 And taking up his parable, he said, From out of Mesopotamia [⁴fetched ⁵me ¹Balak ²king ³of Moab], out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come curse for me Jacob! and, Come accurse to me Israel! 8 How shall I curse whom [²does not ³curse ¹the lord]? And how shall I imprecate maledictions upon whom [²does not ³imprecate maledictions upon ¹God]? 9 For from the top of mountains I shall see him; and from hills I shall pay attention to him. Behold, a people [²alone ¹shall dwell], and among nations they shall not be reckoned together. 10 Who determined exactly the seed of Jacob, and who shall count out peoples of Israel? May [²die ¹my soul] among souls of the just, and may [²become ¹my seed] as the seed of this. 11 And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? For a curse for my enemies I have called you, and behold, you have blessed a blessing. 12 And Balaam said to Balak, Is it not as many things as God should put in my mouth this I will guard to speak? 13 And [²said ³to ⁴him ¹Balak], Come yet with me to [²place ¹another] of which you shall not see it from there, but only a certain part of it shall you see, [⁴all ¹but ²in no way ³should you see], and you curse it for me from there! 14 And he took him into a field -- a height upon the top of a place for dressing stone; and he built there seven shrines, and brought a calf and ram unto the shrine. 15 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand beside your sacrifice! and I shall go to ask God. 16 And God met with Balaam, and he put a word into his mouth. And said, Return to Balak! and thus you shall speak. 17 And he returned to him. And thus he was standing beside his whole burnt-offering, and the rulers of Moab with him. And [²said ³to him ¹Balak], What said the lord? 18 And taking up his parable, he said, Rise up, O Balak, and hear! Give ear, O witness son of Zippor! 19 [²is not ³as ⁴a man ¹God] to waver, nor as a son of man to be threatened. He in speaking, shall he not do? Shall he speak, and not adhere to? 20 Behold, [²to bless ¹I have taken to myself]. I will bless and in no way shall I turn back. 21 There shall not be trouble in Jacob, nor shall [²appear ¹misery] in Israel. The lord his God is with him, the honorable ones of the rulers are with him. 22 God was the one leading him out of Egypt; as the glory of his unicorn. 23 [³no ¹For ²there is] omen in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. In time it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what [²shall complete ¹God]. 24 Behold, the people as a cub shall raise up, and as a lion it shall prance; It shall not go to sleep until it shall eat game, and the blood of the slain it shall drink. 25 And Balak said to Balaam, Neither in curses shall you curse him, nor blessings shall you bless him. 26 And Balaam answering said to Balak, Did I not speak to you, saying, The word which ever God should speak, this I will do? 27 And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I should take you unto [²place ¹another], if it should please God, and curse him for me from there! 28 And Balak took Balaam upon the top of Peor, the part extending into the wilderness. 29 And Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven shrines, and prepare for me here seven calves, and seven rams! 30 And Balak did just as [²said ³to him ¹Balaam], and he bore a calf and a ram unto the shrine.