23:1 And
Balaam
said
to
Balak,
"Build
for
me
here
seven
altars,
and
prepare
for
me
here
seven
bulls
and
seven
rams."
23:2 Balak
did
as
Balaam
had
said.
And
Balak
and
Balaam
offered
on
each
altar
a
bull
and
a
ram.
23:3 And
Balaam
said
to
Balak,
"Stand
beside
your
burnt
offering,
and
I
will
go.
Perhaps
the
LORD
will
come
to
meet
me,
and
whatever
he
shows
me
I
will
tell
you."
And
he
went
to
a
bare
height,
23:4 and
God
met
Balaam.
And
Balaam
said
to
him,
"I
have
arranged
the
seven
altars
and
I
have
offered
on
each
altar
a
bull
and
a
ram."
23:5 And
the
LORD
put
a
word
in
Balaam's
mouth
and
said,
"Return
to
Balak,
and
thus
you
shall
speak."
23:6 And
he
returned
to
him,
and
behold,
he
and
all
the
princes
of
Moab
were
standing
beside
his
burnt
offering.
23:7 And
Balaam
took
up
his
discourse
and
said,
"From
Aram
Balak
has
brought
me,
the
king
of
Moab
from
the
eastern
mountains:
'Come,
curse
Jacob
for
me,
and
come,
denounce
Israel!'
23:8 How
can
I
curse
whom
God
has
not
cursed
How
can
I
denounce
whom
the
LORD
has
not
denounced
23:9 For
from
the
top
of
the
crags
I
see
him,
from
the
hills
I
behold
him;
behold,
a
people
dwelling
alone,
and
not
counting
itself
among
the
nations!
23:10 Who
can
count
the
dust
of
Jacob
or
number
the
fourth
part
of
Israel
Let
me
die
the
death
of
the
upright,
and
let
my
end
be
like
his!"
23:11 And
Balak
said
to
Balaam,
"What
have
you
done
to
me
I
took
you
to
curse
my
enemies,
and
behold,
you
have
done
nothing
but
bless
them."
23:12 And
he
answered
and
said,
"Must
I
not
take
care
to
speak
what
the
LORD
puts
in
my
mouth"
23:13 And
Balak
said
to
him,
"Please
come
with
me
to
another
place,
from
which
you
may
see
them.
You
shall
see
only
a
fraction
of
them
and
shall
not
see
them
all.
Then
curse
them
for
me
from
there."
23:14 And
he
took
him
to
the
field
of
Zophim,
to
the
top
of
Pisgah,
and
built
seven
altars
and
offered
a
bull
and
a
ram
on
each
altar.
23:15 Balaam
said
to
Balak,
"Stand
here
beside
your
burnt
offering,
while
I
meet
the
LORD
over
there."
23:16 And
the
LORD
met
Balaam
and
put
a
word
in
his
mouth
and
said,
"Return
to
Balak,
and
thus
shall
you
speak."
23:17 And
he
came
to
him,
and
behold,
he
was
standing
beside
his
burnt
offering,
and
the
princes
of
Moab
with
him.
And
Balak
said
to
him,
"What
has
the
LORD
spoken"
23:18 And
Balaam
took
up
his
discourse
and
said,
"Rise,
Balak,
and
hear;
give
ear
to
me,
O
son
of
Zippor:
23:19 God
is
not
man,
that
he
should
lie,
or
a
son
of
man,
that
he
should
change
his
mind.
Has
he
said,
and
will
he
not
do
it
Or
has
he
spoken,
and
will
he
not
fulfill
it
23:20 Behold,
I
received
a
command
to
bless:
he
has
blessed,
and
I
cannot
revoke
it.
23:21 He
has
not
beheld
misfortune
in
Jacob,
nor
has
he
seen
trouble
in
Israel.
The
LORD
their
God
is
with
them,
and
the
shout
of
a
king
is
among
them.
23:22 God
brings
them
out
of
Egypt
and
is
for
them
like
the
horns
of
the
wild
ox.
23:23 For
there
is
no
enchantment
against
Jacob,
no
divination
against
Israel;
now
it
shall
be
said
of
Jacob
and
Israel,
'What
has
God
wrought!'
23:24 Behold,
a
people!
As
a
lioness
it
rises
up
and
as
a
lion
it
lifts
itself;
it
does
not
lie
down
until
it
has
devoured
the
prey
and
drunk
the
blood
of
the
slain."
23:25 And
Balak
said
to
Balaam,
"Do
not
curse
them
at
all,
and
do
not
bless
them
at
all."
23:26 But
Balaam
answered
Balak,
"Did
I
not
tell
you,
'All
that
the
LORD
says,
that
I
must
do'"
23:27 And
Balak
said
to
Balaam,
"Come
now,
I
will
take
you
to
another
place.
Perhaps
it
will
please
God
that
you
may
curse
them
for
me
from
there."
23:28 So
Balak
took
Balaam
to
the
top
of
Peor,
which
overlooks
the
desert.
23:29 And
Balaam
said
to
Balak,
"Build
for
me
here
seven
altars
and
prepare
for
me
here
seven
bulls
and
seven
rams."
23:30 And
Balak
did
as
Balaam
had
said,
and
offered
a
bull
and
a
ram
on
each
altar.