23 And Balaam said unto
Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen 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 the LORD will come to meet
me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high
place. 4 And 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. 5 And the LORD 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
stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 And 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. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not
cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? 9 For 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. 10 Who 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! 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 the LORD hath put 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 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. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by
thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
16 And the
LORD met Balaam, and put a word 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. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD 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 shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall
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: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among
them. 22 God
brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. 23 Surely
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! 24 Behold,
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. 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
the LORD speaketh, that I must do? 27 And
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. 28 And
Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward jeshimon. 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 a bullock and a ram on every
altar.