Numbers 23

1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם אֶל־בָּלָק בְּנֵה־לִי בָזֶה שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת וְהָכֵן לִי בָּזֶה שִׁבְעָה פָרִים וְשִׁבְעָה אֵילִים׃ (2823)

2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

וַיַּעַשׂ בָּלָק כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בִּלְעָם וַיַּעַל בָּלָק וּבִלְעָם פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ (2169)

See also: Numbers 23:14, Numbers 23:30, Numbers 22:17, Numbers 22:40

3And 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.

וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם לְבָלָק הִתְיַצֵּב עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ וְאֵלְכָה אוּלַי יִקָּרֵה יְהוָה לִקְרָאתִי וּדְבַר מַה־יַּרְאֵנִי וְהִגַּדְתִּי לָךְ וַיֵּלֶךְ שֶׁפִי׃ (4341)

See also: Numbers 23:15, Leviticus 1:3, Numbers 24:1, Joshua 24:10, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 22:2, Genesis 22:7-8, Genesis 22:13, Leviticus 1:1, Numbers 22:12, Numbers 22:31-35, 1 Timothy 1:16, Exodus 18:12, Numbers 22:8-9, Exodus 3:18

4And 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.

וַיִּקָּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־בִּלְעָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֶת־שִׁבְעַת הַמִּזְבְּחֹת עָרַכְתִּי וָאַעַל פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ (3707)

See also: Numbers 23:16, Luke 18:12, Ephesians 2:9, Numbers 22:9, Numbers 22:20, Numbers 23:1, 1 Kings 13:11, 2 Kings 10:16, Isaiah 58:3-4, Matthew 20:12, John 16:2, Romans 3:27

5And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

וַיָּשֶׂם יְהוָה דָּבָר בְּפִי בִלְעָם וַיֹּאמֶר שׁוּב אֶל־בָּלָק וְכֹה תְדַבֵּר׃ (2187)

See also: Deuteronomy 23:5, Deuteronomy 18:18, Jeremiah 1:9, Exodus 4:15, Isaiah 51:16, Isaiah 59:21, Genesis 31:55, Numbers 23:16, Numbers 22:20, Numbers 22:35, Judges 7:14, 1 Samuel 19:23, 2 Samuel 14:3, 1 Kings 13:20, Proverbs 16:1, Proverbs 16:9, Luke 12:12, John 11:51

6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

וַיָּשָׁב אֵלָיו וְהִנֵּה נִצָּב עַל־עֹלָתֹו הוּא וְכָל־שָׂרֵי מֹואָב׃ (1806)

See also: Numbers 3:17

7And 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.

וַיִּשָּׂא מְשָׁלֹו וַיֹּאמַר מִן־אֲרָם יַנְחֵנִי בָלָק מֶלֶךְ־מֹואָב מֵהַרְרֵי־קֶדֶם לְכָה אָרָה־לִּי יַעֲקֹב וּלְכָה זֹעֲמָה יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (3486)

8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

מָה אֶקֹּב לֹא קַבֹּה אֵל וּמָה אֶזְעֹם לֹא זָעַם יְהוָה׃ (660)

See also: Proverbs 26:2, Isaiah 49:25, Numbers 23:23, Isaiah 44:25, Numbers 23:20, Numbers 22:12, Genesis 27:29, Nehemiah 13:2, Isaiah 47:12-13, Genesis 31:55, Deuteronomy 32:31

9For 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.

כִּי־מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ וּמִגְּבָעֹות אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגֹּויִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃ (3662)

10Who 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!

מִי מָנָה עֲפַר יַעֲקֹב וּמִסְפָּר אֶת־רֹבַע יִשְׂרָאֵל תָּמֹת נַפְשִׁי מֹות יְשָׁרִים וּתְהִי אַחֲרִיתִי כָּמֹהוּ׃ (5684)

11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

וַיֹּאמֶר בָּלָק אֶל־בִּלְעָם מֶה עָשִׂיתָ לִי לָקֹב אֹיְבַי לְקַחְתִּיךָ וְהִנֵּה בֵּרַכְתָּ בָרֵךְ׃ (3060)

See also: Nehemiah 13:2, Numbers 24:10, Numbers 22:17, Numbers 23:7-8, Psalms 109:17-20, Genesis 31:55, Numbers 22:11, 2 Samuel 3:24

12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמַר הֲלֹא אֵת אֲשֶׁר יָשִׂים יְהוָה בְּפִי אֹתֹו אֶשְׁמֹר לְדַבֵּר׃ (2993)

See also: Numbers 22:20, Exodus 4:15, Numbers 22:38, Numbers 23:20, Numbers 23:26, Numbers 24:13, Proverbs 26:25, Numbers 22:8, 2 Chronicles 18:13, Romans 16:18, Titus 1:16

13And 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.

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו בָּלָק [לְךָ־ כ] (לְכָה־נָּא ק) אִתִּי אֶל־מָקֹום אַחֵר אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶנּוּ מִשָּׁם אֶפֶס קָצֵהוּ תִרְאֶה וְכֻלֹּו לֹא תִרְאֶה וְקָבְנֹו־לִי מִשָּׁם׃ (5318)

See also: Numbers 22:12, Numbers 22:41, Numbers 23:27, Psalms 109:17, James 3:9-10, Joshua 24:9, 1 Kings 20:23, 1 Kings 20:28, Micah 6:5

14And 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.

וַיִּקָּחֵהוּ שְׂדֵה צֹפִים אֶל־רֹאשׁ הַפִּסְגָּה וַיִּבֶן שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת וַיַּעַל פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ (2753)

See also: Numbers 22:40, Numbers 23:2, Job 42:8, Isaiah 16:12, Numbers 21:20, Numbers 23:1-2, Numbers 23:29, Deuteronomy 3:17, Deuteronomy 3:27, Deuteronomy 4:49, Deuteronomy 34:1, 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Chronicles 29:21, Isaiah 1:10-11, Isaiah 46:6, Hosea 12:11, Micah 6:6

15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־בָּלָק הִתְיַצֵּב כֹּה עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ וְאָנֹכִי אִקָּרֶה כֹּה׃ (1990)

See also: Numbers 23:3, Exodus 3:18, Numbers 24:1, Joshua 24:10, Numbers 22:8

16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

וַיִּקָּר יְהוָה אֶל־בִּלְעָם וַיָּשֶׂם דָּבָר בְּפִיו וַיֹּאמֶר שׁוּב אֶל־בָּלָק וְכֹה תְדַבֵּר׃ (2540)

See also: Exodus 4:15, Numbers 23:4, Deuteronomy 23:5, Numbers 22:38, Numbers 23:5, Numbers 22:20, Numbers 22:35, Numbers 24:1, 1 Kings 13:20

17And 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?

וַיָּבֹא אֵלָיו וְהִנֹּו נִצָּב עַל־עֹלָתֹו וְשָׂרֵי מֹואָב אִתֹּו וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו בָּלָק מַה־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה׃ (2555)

See also: Numbers 23:26, 1 Samuel 3:17, Jeremiah 37:17

18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

וַיִּשָּׂא מְשָׁלֹו וַיֹּאמַר קוּם בָּלָק וּשֲׁמָע הַאֲזִינָה עָדַי בְּנֹו צִפֹּר׃ (2234)

See also: Numbers 23:7, Nehemiah 13:2, Numbers 24:3, Genesis 4:23, Numbers 24:15, Judges 3:20, Micah 2:4, Habakkuk 2:6

19God 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?

לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב וּבֶן־אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָם הַהוּא אָמַר וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה וְדִבֶּר וְלֹא יְקִימֶנָּה׃ (2179)

20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

הִנֵּה בָרֵךְ לָקָחְתִּי וּבֵרֵךְ וְלֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנָּה׃ (1463)

See also: John 10:27-29, Numbers 22:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 22:17, Isaiah 43:13, Numbers 22:18, Numbers 23:8, Romans 8:38-39, 1 Peter 1:5, Numbers 6:27, Numbers 22:38, Psalms 109:28, Deuteronomy 33:29, Numbers 23:12, Numbers 24:1, Acts 4:20, Judges 7:14

21He 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.

לֹא־הִבִּיט אָוֶן בְּיַעֲקֹב וְלֹא־רָאָה עָמָל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמֹּו וּתְרוּעַת מֶלֶךְ בֹּו׃ (2598)

22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

אֵל מֹוצִיאָם מִמִּצְרָיִם כְּתֹועֲפֹת רְאֵם לֹו׃ (1891)

See also: Psalms 92:10, Numbers 24:8, Esther 4:14, Deuteronomy 33:17, Job 39:9, Exodus 20:2, Psalms 22:21, Psalms 29:6, Isaiah 34:7, Exodus 9:16, Exodus 14:18, Numbers 22:5, Joshua 2:10, Psalms 68:35

23Surely 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!

כִּי לֹא־נַחַשׁ בְּיַעֲקֹב וְלֹא־קֶסֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כָּעֵת יֵאָמֵר לְיַעֲקֹב וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל מַה־פָּעַל אֵל׃ (3169)

24Behold, 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.

הֶן־עָם כְּלָבִיא יָקוּם וְכַאֲרִי יִתְנַשָּׂא לֹא יִשְׁכַּב עַד־יֹאכַל טֶרֶף וְדַם־חֲלָלִים יִשְׁתֶּה׃ (3052)

25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

וַיֹּאמֶר בָּלָק אֶל־בִּלְעָם גַּם־קֹב לֹא תִקֳּבֶנּוּ גַּם־בָּרֵךְ לֹא תְבָרֲכֶנּוּ׃ (2270)

See also: 1 Chronicles 9:28, Psalms 2:1-3

26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

וַיַּעַן בִּלְעָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־בָּלָק הֲלֹא דִּבַּרְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ לֵאמֹר כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֹתֹו אֶעֱשֶׂה׃ (3258)

See also: Numbers 22:20, Acts 5:29, Numbers 22:18, Numbers 22:38, Numbers 23:12, 2 Chronicles 18:13, Acts 4:19-20, Numbers 23:17, Numbers 24:12-13, 1 Kings 22:14

27And 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.

וַיֹּאמֶר בָּלָק אֶל־בִּלְעָם לְכָה־נָּא אֶקָּחֲךָ אֶל־מָקֹום אַחֵר אוּלַי יִישַׁר בְּעֵינֵי הָאֱלֹהִים וְקַבֹּתֹו לִי מִשָּׁם׃ (2957)

See also: Romans 11:29, Numbers 23:13, Numbers 23:19-20, Job 23:13, Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 14:27, Isaiah 46:10-11, Micah 6:5, Malachi 3:6

28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

וַיִּקַּח בָּלָק אֶת־בִּלְעָם רֹאשׁ הַפְּעֹור הַנִּשְׁקָף עַל־פְּנֵי הַיְשִׁימֹן׃ (2851)

See also: Numbers 21:20, Numbers 24:1, Isaiah 16:12, Psalms 106:28, Ezekiel 21:21

29And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם אֶל־בָּלָק בְּנֵה־לִי בָזֶה שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת וְהָכֵן לִי בָּזֶה שִׁבְעָה פָרִים וְשִׁבְעָה אֵילִים׃ (2823)

See also: 1 Chronicles 15:26, Job 42:8, Numbers 23:1, Numbers 22:17, Numbers 23:14, 2 Chronicles 29:21, Micah 6:6

30And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

וַיַּעַשׂ בָּלָק כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַר בִּלְעָם וַיַּעַל פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ (1924)

See also: Numbers 23:2, Numbers 22:40, 2 Samuel 15:12, Leviticus 1:3