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[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 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 Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height. [4] And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. [5] And Jehovah 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 was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. [7] And he took up his parable, and said,
From Aram hath Balak brought me,
The king of Moab from the mountains of the East:
Come, curse me Jacob,
And come, defy Israel.
[8] How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?
And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
[9] For from the top of the rocks I see him,
And from the hills I behold him:
Lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone,
And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
[10] Who can count the dust of Jacob,
Or number 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 Jehovah putteth 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 took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. [15] And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder. [16] And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. [17] And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah 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 will he not do it?
Or hath he spoken, and will 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:
Jehovah his God is with him,
And the shout of a king is among them.
[22] God bringeth them forth out of Egypt;
He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.
[23] Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob;
Neither is there any divination with Israel:
Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel,
What hath God wrought!
[24] Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness,
And as a lion doth he lift himself up:
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 Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?
[27] And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. [28] And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert. [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 up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
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