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Numbers 23:1-24

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>_.