Numbers Chapter 23

Numbers Chapter 23
1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me
here seven altars, and prepare me here
seven bullocks, and seven rams.
2 And Balak did as Balaam said, and
Balak and Balaam offered on every altar
a bullock and a ram.
3 Then Balaam said unto Balak, Stand
by the burnt offering, and I will go, if so
be that the Lord will come and meet me:
and whatsoever he showed me, I will
tell thee: so he went forth alone.
4 And God met Balaam, and Balaam
said unto him, I have prepared seven
altars, and have offered upon every altar
a bullock and a ram. 5 And the Lord put
an answer in Balaam’s mouth, and said,
Go again to Balak, and say on this wise.
6 So when he returned unto him, lo, he
stood by his burnt offering, he, and all
the princes of Moab.
7 Then he uttered his parable, and said,
Balak the king of Moab hath brought me
from Aram out of the mountains of the
east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for my
sake: come, and detest Israel.
8 How shall I curse, where God hath not
cursed? Or how shall I
detest, where the Lord hath not detested?
9 For from the top of the rocks I did see
him, and from the hills I did behold him:
lo, the people shall dwell by themselves,
and shall not be reckoned among the
nations.
10 Who can tell 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 Then
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,
whence thou mayest see them, and thou
shalt see but the utmost part of them, and
shalt not see them all: therefore curse
them out of that place for my sake.
14 And he brought him into Sede-sophim
to the top of Pisgah, and built seven
altars, and offered a bullock, and a ram
on every altar. 15 After, he said unto
Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering,
and I will meet the Lord yonder.
16 And the Lord met Balaam, and put an
answer 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: so Balak said
unto him, What hath the Lord said?
18 And he uttered his parable, and said,
Rise up, Balak, and hear: hearken unto
me, thou son of Zippor.
19 God is not as man, that he should lie,
neither as the son of man that he should
repent: hath he said and shall he not do
it? And hath he spoken, and shall he not
accomplish it?
20 Behold, I have received
commandment to bless: for he hath
blessed, and I cannot alter it.
21 He seeth none iniquity in Jacob, nor
seeth no transgression in Israel: the Lord
his God is with him, and the joyful shout
of a king is among them. 22 God brought
them out of Egypt: their strength is as an
unicorn. 23 For there is no sorcery in
Jacob, nor soothsaying in 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
lion, and lift up himself as a young lion:
he shall not lie down, till he eat of the
prey, and till he drink the blood of the
slain.
25 Then Balak said unto Balaam,
Neither curse, nor bless them at all. 26
But Balaam answered, and said unto
Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that
the Lord speaketh, that must I do?
27 Again Balak said unto Balaam,
Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto
another place, if so be it will please
God, that thou mayest thence curse them
for my sake.
28 So Balak brought Balaam unto the top
of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29 Then Balaam said unto Balak, Make
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.