1 ¶ And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”

2 A nd Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.

3 A nd Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell thee. And thus he went alone.

Then 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.” So he went to a bare hill.

4 A nd God met Balaam; and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon each altar a bullock and a ram.

Now God met Balaam, and he said to Him, “I have set up the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.”

5 A nd the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

Then the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus.”

6 A nd he returned unto him, and, behold, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he and all the princes of Moab.

So he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab.

7 A nd he took up his parable and said, Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob and come, denounce Israel.

He took up his discourse and said, “From Aram Balak has brought me, Moab’s king from the mountains of the East, ‘ Come curse Jacob for me, And come, denounce Israel!’

8 W hy should I curse one whom God has not cursed? And why should I denounce one whom the LORD has not denounced?

“ How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?

9 F or from the top of the rocks I have seen him, and from the hills I beheld him; behold, a people that shall dwell in confidence and shall not be counted among the Gentiles.

“As I see him from the top of the rocks, And I look at him from the hills; Behold, a people who dwells apart, And will not be reckoned among the nations.

10 W ho shall count the dust of Jacob and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

“ 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!”

11 T hen Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have actually blessed them!”

12 A nd he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD has put in my mouth?

He replied, “Must I not be careful to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”

13 ¶ And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from which thou may see them; thou hast seen but the utmost part of them and hast not seen them all; and from there thou shalt curse them for me.

Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, although you will only see the extreme end of them and will not see all of them; and curse them for me from there.”

14 A nd 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.

So 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.

15 T hen he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

And he said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the Lord over there.”

16 A nd the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said unto him, Go again unto Balak and say thus.

Then the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

17 A nd he came unto him, and behold, he stood by his burnt offering and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What has the LORD spoken?

He came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”

18 T hen he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Then he took up his discourse and said, “Arise, O Balak, and hear; Give ear to me, O son of Zippor!

19 G od is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent; he said and shall he not do it? He spoke and shall he not execute it?

“ God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

20 B ehold, I have received blessing; and he has blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

“Behold, I have received a command to bless; When He has blessed, then I cannot revoke it.

21 H e has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen rebellion in Israel; the LORD his God is with him, and the battle-cry of a king is in him.

“ He has not observed misfortune in Jacob; Nor has He seen trouble in Israel; The Lord his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.

22 G od brought them out of Egypt; he has, as it were the strength of a unicorn.

“ God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.

23 B ecause there is no enchantment in Jacob, neither is there any divination in Israel. According to this time, it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What God has made!

“ For there is no omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done!

24 B ehold the people, who shall rise up as a great lion and lift up himself as a young lion; he shall not lie down until he eats of the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.

“ Behold, a people rises like a lioness, And as a lion it lifts itself; It will not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain.”

25 T hen Balak said unto Balaam, Now that you do not curse them, do not bless them either.

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

26 T hen Balaam said unto Balak, Did I not tell thee that all that the LORD says unto me, that I must do?

But Balaam replied to Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘ Whatever the Lord speaks, that I must do’?”

27 A nd Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou may curse them for me from there.

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be agreeable with God that you curse them for me from there.”

28 A nd Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looks toward Jeshimon.

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland.

29 A nd Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”

30 A nd Balak did as Balaam had said and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Balak did just as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.