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Numbers 23:1--24:25

23:1

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Build
<01129> (8798)

me here seven
<07651>

altars
<04196>_,

and prepare
<03559> (8685)

me here seven
<07651>

oxen
<06499>

and seven
<07651>

rams
<0352>_.

23:2

And Balak
<01111>

did
<06213> (8799)

as Balaam
<01109>

had spoken
<01696> (8765)_;

and Balak
<01111>

and Balaam
<01109>

offered
<05927> (8686)

on [every] altar
<04196>

a bullock
<06499>

and a ram
<0352>_.

23:3

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Stand
<03320> (8690)

by thy burnt offering
<05930>_,

and I will go
<03212> (8799)_:

peradventure the LORD
<03068>

will come
<07136> (8735)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

me: and whatsoever
<01697>

he sheweth
<07200> (8686)

me I will tell
<05046> (8689)

thee. And he went
<03212> (8799)

to an high place
<08205>_.

{to an...: or, solitary}

23:4

And God
<0430>

met
<07136> (8735)

Balaam
<01109>_:

and he said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, I have prepared
<06186> (8804)

seven
<07651>

altars
<04196>_,

and I have offered
<05927> (8686)

upon [every] altar
<04196>

a bullock
<06499>

and a ram
<0352>_.

23:5

And the LORD
<03068>

put
<07760> (8799)

a word
<01697>

in Balaam's
<01109>

mouth
<06310>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Return
<07725> (8798)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

and thus thou shalt speak
<01696> (8762)_.

23:6

And he returned
<07725> (8799)

unto him, and, lo, he stood
<05324> (8737)

by his burnt sacrifice
<05930>_,

he, and all the princes
<08269>

of Moab
<04124>_.

23:7

And he took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Balak
<01111>

the king
<04428>

of Moab
<04124>

hath brought
<05148> (8686)

me from Aram
<0758>_,

out of the mountains
<02042>

of the east
<06924>_,

[saying], Come
<03212> (8798)_,

curse
<0779> (8798)

me Jacob
<03290>_,

and come
<03212> (8798)_,

defy
<02194> (8798)

Israel
<03478>_.

23:8

How
<04100>

shall I curse
<05344> (8799)_,

whom God
<0410>

hath not cursed
<06895> (8804)_?

or how shall I defy
<02194> (8799)_,

[whom] the LORD
<03068>

hath not defied
<02194> (8804)_?

23:9

For from the top
<07218>

of the rocks
<06697>

I see
<07200> (8799)

him, and from the hills
<01389>

I behold
<07789> (8799)

him: lo, the people
<05971>

shall dwell
<07931> (8799)

alone
<0910>_,

and shall not be reckoned
<02803> (8691)

among the nations
<01471>_.

23:10

Who can count
<04487> (8804)

the dust
<06083>

of Jacob
<03290>_,

and the number
<04557>

of the fourth
<07255>

[part] of Israel
<03478>_?

Let me die
<04191> (8799) <05315>

the death
<04194>

of the righteous
<03477>_,

and let my last
<0319>

end be like his! {me: Heb. my soul, or, my life}

23:11

And Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

What hast thou done
<06213> (8804)

unto me? I took
<03947> (8804)

thee to curse
<06895> (8800)

mine enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and, behold, thou hast blessed
<01288> (8765)

[them] altogether
<01288> (8763)_.

23:12

And he answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Must I not take heed
<08104> (8799)

to speak
<01696> (8763)

that which the LORD
<03068>

hath put
<07760> (8799)

in my mouth
<06310>_?

23:13

And Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Come
<03212> (8798)_,

I pray thee, with me unto another
<0312>

place
<04725>_,

from whence thou mayest see
<07200> (8799)

them: thou shalt see
<07200> (8799)

but
<0657>

the utmost
<07097>

part of them, and shalt not see
<07200> (8799)

them all: and curse
<06895> (8798)

me them from thence.

23:14

And he brought
<03947> (8799)

him into the field
<07704>

of Zophim
<06839> (8677) <06822> (8802)_,

to the top
<07218>

of Pisgah
<06449>_,

and built
<01129> (8799)

seven
<07651>

altars
<04196>_,

and offered
<05927> (8686)

a bullock
<06499>

and a ram
<0352>

on [every] altar
<04196>_.

{Pisgah: or, the hill}

23:15

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Stand
<03320> (8690)

here
<03541>

by thy burnt offering
<05930>_,

while I meet
<07136> (8735)

[the LORD] yonder
<03541>_.

23:16

And the LORD
<03068>

met
<07136> (8735)

Balaam
<01109>_,

and put
<07760> (8799)

a word
<01697>

in his mouth
<06310>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Go again
<07725> (8798)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

and say
<01696> (8762)

thus.

23:17

And when he came
<0935> (8799)

to him, behold, he stood
<05324> (8737)

by his burnt offering
<05930>_,

and the princes
<08269>

of Moab
<04124>

with him. And Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, What hath the LORD
<03068>

spoken
<01696> (8765)_?

23:18

And he took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Rise up
<06965> (8798)_,

Balak
<01111>_,

and hear
<08085> (8798)_;

hearken
<0238> (8685)

unto me, thou son
<01121>

of Zippor
<06834>_:

23:19

God
<0410>

[is] not a man
<0376>_,

that he should lie
<03576> (8762)_;

neither the son
<01121>

of man
<0120>_,

that he should repent
<05162> (8691)_:

hath he said
<0559> (8804)_,

and shall he not do
<06213> (8799)

[it]? or hath he spoken
<01696> (8765)_,

and shall he not make it good
<06965> (8686)_?

23:20

Behold, I have received
<03947> (8804)

[commandment] to bless
<01288> (8763)_:

and he hath blessed
<01288> (8765)_;

and I cannot reverse
<07725> (8686)

it.

23:21

He hath not beheld
<05027> (8689)

iniquity
<0205>

in Jacob
<03290>_,

neither hath he seen
<07200> (8804)

perverseness
<05999>

in Israel
<03478>_:

the LORD
<03068>

his God
<0430>

[is] with him, and the shout
<08643>

of a king
<04428>

[is] among them.

23:22

God
<0410>

brought them out
<03318> (8688)

of Egypt
<04714>_;

he hath as it were the strength
<08443>

of an unicorn
<07214>_.

23:23

Surely [there is] no enchantment
<05173>

against Jacob
<03290>_,

neither [is there] any divination
<07081>

against Israel
<03478>_:

according to this time
<06256>

it shall be said
<0559> (8735)

of Jacob
<03290>

and of Israel
<03478>_,

What hath God
<0410>

wrought
<06466> (8804)_!

{against: or, in}

23:24

Behold, the people
<05971>

shall rise up
<06965> (8799)

as a great lion
<03833>_,

and lift up
<05375> (8691)

himself as a young lion
<0738>_:

he shall not lie down
<07901> (8799)

until he eat
<0398> (8799)

[of] the prey
<02964>_,

and drink
<08354> (8799)

the blood
<01818>

of the slain
<02491>_.

23:25

And Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

Neither curse
<05344> (8799)

them at all
<06895> (8800)_,

nor bless
<01288> (8762)

them at all
<01288> (8763)_.

23:26

But Balaam
<01109>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Told
<01696> (8765)

not I thee, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

All that the LORD
<03068>

speaketh
<01696> (8762)_,

that I must do
<06213> (8799)_?

23:27

And Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

Come
<03212> (8798)_,

I pray thee, I will bring
<03947> (8799)

thee unto another
<0312>

place
<04725>_;

peradventure it will please
<03474> (8799) <05869>

God
<0430>

that thou mayest curse
<06895> (8804)

me them from thence.

23:28

And Balak
<01111>

brought
<03947> (8799)

Balaam
<01109>

unto the top
<07218>

of Peor
<06465>_,

that looketh
<08259> (8737)

toward
<06440>

Jeshimon
<03452>_.

23:29

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Build
<01129> (8798)

me here seven
<07651>

altars
<04196>_,

and prepare
<03559> (8685)

me here seven
<07651>

bullocks
<06499>

and seven
<07651>

rams
<0352>_.

23:30

And Balak
<01111>

did
<06213> (8799)

as Balaam
<01109>

had said
<0559> (8804)_,

and offered
<05927> (8686)

a bullock
<06499>

and a ram
<0352>

on [every] altar
<04196>_.

24:1

And when Balaam
<01109>

saw
<07200> (8799)

that it pleased
<05869> <02895> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

to bless
<01288> (8763)

Israel
<03478>_,

he went
<01980> (8804)

not, as at other times
<06471>_,

to seek
<07125> (8800)

for enchantments
<05173>_,

but he set
<07896> (8799)

his face
<06440>

toward the wilderness
<04057>_.

{to seek...: Heb. to the meeting of}

24:2

And Balaam
<01109>

lifted up
<05375> (8799)

his eyes
<05869>_,

and he saw
<07200> (8799)

Israel
<03478>

abiding
<07931> (8802)

[in his tents] according to their tribes
<07626>_;

and the spirit
<07307>

of God
<0430>

came upon him.

24:3

And he took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Balaam
<01109>

the son
<01121>

of Beor
<01160>

hath said
<05002> (8803)_,

and the man
<01397>

whose eyes
<05869>

are open
<08365> (8803)

hath said
<05002> (8803)_:

{whose...: Heb. who had his eyes shut, but now opened}

24:4

He hath said
<05002> (8803)_,

which heard
<08085> (8802)

the words
<0561>

of God
<0410>_,

which saw
<02372> (8799)

the vision
<04236>

of the Almighty
<07706>_,

falling
<05307> (8802)

[into a trance], but having his eyes
<05869>

open
<01540> (8803)_:

24:5

How goodly
<02895> (8804)

are thy tents
<0168>_,

O Jacob
<03290>_,

[and] thy tabernacles
<04908>_,

O Israel
<03478>_!

24:6

As the valleys
<05158>

are they spread forth
<05186> (8738)_,

as gardens
<01593>

by the river's side
<05104>_,

as the trees of lign aloes
<0174>

which the LORD
<03068>

hath planted
<05193> (8804)_,

[and] as cedar trees
<0730>

beside the waters
<04325>_.

24:7

He shall pour
<05140> (0)

the water
<04325>

out
<05140> (8799)

of his buckets
<01805>_,

and his seed
<02233>

[shall be] in many
<07227>

waters
<04325>_,

and his king
<04428>

shall be higher
<07311> (8799)

than Agag
<090>_,

and his kingdom
<04438>

shall be exalted
<05375> (8691)_.

24:8

God
<0410>

brought him forth
<03318> (8688)

out of Egypt
<04714>_;

he hath as it were the strength
<08443>

of an unicorn
<07214>_:

he shall eat up
<0398> (8799)

the nations
<01471>

his enemies
<06862>_,

and shall break
<01633> (8762)

their bones
<06106>_,

and pierce
<04272> (8799)

[them] through with his arrows
<02671>_.

24:9

He couched
<03766> (8804)_,

he lay down
<07901> (8804)

as a lion
<0738>_,

and as a great lion
<03833>_:

who shall stir him up
<06965> (8686)_?

Blessed
<01288> (8803)

[is] he that blesseth
<01288> (8764)

thee, and cursed
<0779> (8803)

[is] he that curseth
<0779> (8802)

thee.

24:10

And Balak's
<01111>

anger
<0639>

was kindled
<02734> (8799)

against Balaam
<01109>_,

and he smote
<05606> (0)

his hands
<03709>

together
<05606> (8799)_:

and Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

I called
<07121> (8804)

thee to curse
<06895> (8800)

mine enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and, behold, thou hast altogether
<01288> (8763)

blessed
<01288> (8765)

[them] these three
<07969>

times
<06471>_.

24:11

Therefore now flee
<01272> (8798)

thou to thy place
<04725>_:

I thought
<0559> (8804)

to promote
<03513> (0)

thee unto great
<03513> (8763)

honour
<03513> (8762)_;

but, lo, the LORD
<03068>

hath kept thee back
<04513> (8804)

from honour
<03519>_.

24:12

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Spake
<01696> (8765)

I not also to thy messengers
<04397>

which thou sentest
<07971> (8804)

unto me, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

24:13

If Balak
<01111>

would give
<05414> (8799)

me his house
<01004>

full
<04393>

of silver
<03701>

and gold
<02091>_,

I cannot
<03201> (8799)

go beyond
<05674> (8800)

the commandment
<06310>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to do
<06213> (8800)

[either] good
<02896>

or bad
<07451>

of mine own mind
<03820>_;

[but] what the LORD
<03068>

saith
<01696> (8762)_,

that will I speak
<01696> (8762)_?

24:14

And now, behold, I go
<01980> (8802)

unto my people
<05971>_:

come
<03212> (8798)

[therefore, and] I will advertise
<03289> (8799)

thee what this people
<05971>

shall do
<06213> (8799)

to thy people
<05971>

in the latter
<0319>

days
<03117>_.

24:15

And he took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Balaam
<01109>

the son
<01121>

of Beor
<01160>

hath said
<05002> (8803)_,

and the man
<01397>

whose eyes
<05869>

are open
<08365> (8803)

hath said
<05002> (8803)_:

24:16

He hath said
<05002> (8803)_,

which heard
<08085> (8802)

the words
<0561>

of God
<0410>_,

and knew
<03045> (8802)

the knowledge
<01847>

of the most High
<05945>_,

[which] saw
<02372> (8799)

the vision
<04236>

of the Almighty
<07706>_,

falling
<05307> (8802)

[into a trance], but having his eyes
<05869>

open
<01540> (8803)_:

24:17

I shall see
<07200> (8799)

him, but not now: I shall behold
<07789> (8799)

him, but not nigh
<07138>_:

there shall come
<01869> (8804)

a Star
<03556>

out of Jacob
<03290>_,

and a Sceptre
<07626>

shall rise
<06965> (8804)

out of Israel
<03478>_,

and shall smite
<04272> (8804)

the corners
<06285>

of Moab
<04124>_,

and destroy
<06979> (8773)

all the children
<01121>

of Sheth
<08352> (8676) <08351>_.

{smite...: or, smite through the princes of}

24:18

And Edom
<0123>

shall be a possession
<03424>_,

Seir
<08165>

also shall be a possession
<03424>

for his enemies
<0341> (8802)_;

and Israel
<03478>

shall do
<06213> (8802)

valiantly
<02428>_.

24:19

Out of Jacob
<03290>

shall come he that shall have dominion
<07287> (8799)_,

and shall destroy
<06> (8689)

him that remaineth
<08300>

of the city
<05892>_.

24:20

And when he looked
<07200> (8799)

on Amalek
<06002>_,

he took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Amalek
<06002>

[was] the first
<07225>

of the nations
<01471>_;

but his latter
<0319>

end [shall be] that he perish
<08>

for ever
<05703>_.

{the nations: the nations that warred against Israel} {that...: or, even to destruction}

24:21

And he looked
<07200> (8799)

on the Kenites
<07017>_,

and took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Strong
<0386>

is thy dwellingplace
<04186>_,

and thou puttest
<07760> (8798)

thy nest
<07064>

in a rock
<05553>_.

24:22

Nevertheless the Kenite
<07014>

shall
<0518>

be wasted
<01197> (8763)_,

until Asshur
<0804>

shall carry thee away captive
<07617> (8799)_.

{the Kenite: Heb. Kain} {until...: or, how long shall it be ere Asshur carry thee away captive}

24:23

And he took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Alas
<0188>_,

who shall live
<02421> (8799)

when God
<0410>

doeth
<07760> (8800)

this!

24:24

And ships
<06716>

[shall come] from the coast
<03027>

of Chittim
<03794>_,

and shall afflict
<06031> (8765)

Asshur
<0804>_,

and shall afflict
<06031> (8765)

Eber
<05677>_,

and he also shall perish
<08>

for ever
<05703>_.

24:25

And Balaam
<01109>

rose up
<06965> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

and returned
<07725> (8799)

to his place
<04725>_:

and Balak
<01111>

also went
<01980> (8804)

his way
<01870>_.