Numbers 23

1 ♥ 📝 A nd Balaam^H1109 said^H559 unto Balak,^H1111 Build^H1129 me here seven^H7651 altars,^H4196 and prepare^H3559 me here seven^H7651 bullocks^H6499 and seven^H7651 rams.^H352

2 ♥ 📝 And Balak^H1111 did^H6213 as Balaam^H1109 had spoken;^H1696 and Balak^H1111 and Balaam^H1109 offered^H5927 on every altar^H4196 a bullock^H6499 and a ram.^H352

3 ♥ 📝 And Balaam^H1109 said^H559 unto Balak,^H1111 Stand^H3320 by thy burnt-offering,^H5930 and I will go:^H3212 peradventure Jehovah^H3068 will come^H7136 to meet^H7125 me; and whatsoever^H1697 he showeth^H7200 me I will tell^H5046 thee. And he went^H3212 to a bare height.^H8205

4 ♥ 📝 And God^H430 met^H7136 Balaam:^H1109 and he said^H559 unto him, I have prepared^H6186 the seven^H7651 altars,^H4196 and I have offered^H5927 up a bullock^H6499 and a ram^H352 on every altar.^H4196

5 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 put^H7760 a word^H1697 in Balaam's^H1109 mouth,^H6310 and said,^H559 Return^H7725 unto Balak,^H1111 and thus thou shalt speak.^H1696

6 ♥ 📝 And he returned^H7725 unto him, and, lo, he was standing^H5324 by his burnt-offering,^H5930 he, and all the princes^H8269 of Moab.^H4124

7 ♥ 📝 And he took up^H5375 his parable,^H4912 and said,^H559 From Aram^H758 hath Balak^H1111 brought^H5148 me, The king^H4428 of Moab^H4124 from the mountains^H2042 of the East:^H6924 Come,^H3212 curse^H779 me Jacob,^H3290 And come,^H3212 defy^H2194 Israel.^H3478

8 ♥ 📝 How^H4100 shall I curse,^H5344 whom God^H410 hath not cursed?^H6895 And how shall I defy,^H2194 whom Jehovah^H3068 hath not defied?^H2194

9 ♥ 📝 For from the top^H7218 of the rocks^H6697 I see^H7200 him, And from the hills^H1389 I behold^H7789 him: lo, it is a people^H5971 that dwelleth^H7931 alone,^H910 And shall not be reckoned^H2803 among the nations.^H1471

10 ♥ 📝 Who can count^H4487 the dust^H6083 of Jacob,^H3290 Or number^H4557 the fourth^H7255 part of Israel?^H3478 Let me die^H4191 the death^H4194 of the righteous,^H3477 And let my last^H319 end be like his!

11 ♥ 📝 And Balak^H1111 said^H559 unto Balaam,^H1109 What hast thou done^H6213 unto me? I took^H3947 thee to curse^H6895 mine enemies,^H341 and, behold, thou hast blessed^H1288 them altogether.^H1288

12 ♥ 📝 And he answered^H6030 and said,^H559 Must I not take heed^H8104 to speak^H1696 that which Jehovah^H3068 putteth^H7760 in my mouth?^H6310

13 ♥ 📝 And Balak^H1111 said^H559 unto him, Come,^H3212 I pray thee, with me unto another^H312 place,^H4725 from whence thou mayest see^H7200 them; thou shalt see^H7200 but^H657 the utmost^H7097 part of them, and shalt not see^H7200 them all: and curse^H6895 me them from thence.

14 ♥ 📝 And he took^H3947 him into the field^H7704 of Zophim,^H6839 to the top^H7218 of Pisgah,^H6449 and built^H1129 seven^H7651 altars,^H4196 and offered^H5927 up a bullock^H6499 and a ram^H352 on every altar.^H4196

15 ♥ 📝 And he said^H559 unto Balak,^H1111 Stand^H3320 here^H3541 by thy burnt-offering,^H5930 while I meet^H7136 [Jehovah] yonder.^H3541

16 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 met^H7136 Balaam,^H1109 and put^H7760 a word^H1697 in his mouth,^H6310 and said,^H559 Return^H7725 unto Balak,^H1111 and thus shalt thou speak.^H1696

17 ♥ 📝 And he came^H935 to him, and, lo, he was standing^H5324 by his burnt-offering,^H5930 and the princes^H8269 of Moab^H4124 with him. And Balak^H1111 said^H559 unto him, What hath Jehovah^H3068 spoken?^H1696

18 ♥ 📝 And he took up^H5375 his parable,^H4912 and said,^H559 Rise up,^H6965 Balak,^H1111 and hear;^H8085 Hearken^H238 unto me, thou son^H1121 of Zippor:^H6834

19 ♥ 📝 God^H410 is not a man,^H376 that he should lie,^H3576 Neither the son^H1121 of man,^H120 that he should repent:^H5162 Hath he said,^H559 and will he not do^H6213 it? Or hath he spoken,^H1696 and will he not make it good?^H6965

20 ♥ 📝 Behold, I have received^H3947 [commandment] to bless:^H1288 And he hath blessed,^H1288 and I cannot reverse^H7725 it.

21 ♥ 📝 He hath not beheld^H5027 iniquity^H205 in Jacob;^H3290 Neither hath he seen^H7200 perverseness^H5999 in Israel:^H3478 Jehovah^H3068 his God^H430 is with him, And the shout^H8643 of a king^H4428 is among them.

22 ♥ 📝 God^H410 bringeth them forth^H3318 out of Egypt;^H4714 He hath as it were the strength^H8443 of the wild-ox.^H7214

23 ♥ 📝 Surely there is no enchantment^H5173 with Jacob;^H3290 Neither is there any divination^H7081 with Israel:^H3478 Now^H6256 shalt it be said^H559 of Jacob^H3290 and of Israel,^H3478 What hath God^H410 wrought!^H6466

24 ♥ 📝 Behold, the people^H5971 riseth up^H6965 as a lioness,^H3833 And as a lion^H3833 doth he lift himself up:^H5375 He shall not lie down^H7901 until he eat^H398 of the prey,^H2964 And drink^H8354 the blood^H1818 of the slain.^H2491

25 ♥ 📝 And Balak^H1111 said^H559 unto Balaam,^H1109 Neither curse^H5344 them at all,^H6895 nor bless^H1288 them at all.^H1288

26 ♥ 📝 But Balaam^H1109 answered^H6030 and said^H559 unto Balak,^H1111 Told^H1696 not I thee, saying,^H559 All that Jehovah^H3068 speaketh,^H1696 that I must do?^H6213

27 ♥ 📝 And Balak^H1111 said^H559 unto Balaam,^H1109 Come^H3212 now, I will take^H3947 thee unto another^H312 place;^H4725 peradventure it will please^H3474 God^H430 that thou mayest curse^H6895 me them from thence.

28 ♥ 📝 And Balak^H1111 took^H3947 Balaam^H1109 unto the top^H7218 of Peor,^H6465 that looketh^H8259 down^H6440 upon the desert.^H3452

29 ♥ 📝 And Balaam^H1109 said^H559 unto Balak,^H1111 Build^H1129 me here seven^H7651 altars,^H4196 and prepare^H3559 me here seven^H7651 bullocks^H6499 and seven^H7651 rams.^H352

30 ♥ 📝 And Balak^H1111 did^H6213 as Balaam^H1109 had said,^H559 and offered^H5927 up a bullock^H6499 and a ram^H352 on every altar.^H4196