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

And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this seven altars, and make ready for me in this seven bullocks and seven rams.'

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

And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak -- Balaam also -- offereth a bullock and a ram on the 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.

and Balaam saith to Balak, `Station thyself by thy burnt-offering and I go on, it may be Jehovah doth come to meet me, and the thing which He sheweth me -- I have declared to thee;' and he goeth a high place.

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.

And God cometh unto Balaam, and he saith unto Him, `The seven altars I have arranged, and I offer a bullock and a ram on the altar;'

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

and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'

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

And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes 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.

And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `From Aram he doth lead me -- Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come -- curse for me Jacob, And come -- be indignant 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?

What -- do I pierce? -- God hath not pierced! And what -- am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath not been indignant!

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.

For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself.

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 hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last 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.

And Balak saith unto Balaam, `What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee -- and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;'

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

and he answereth and saith, `That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth -- it do I not take heed to speak?'

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.

And Balak saith unto him, `Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, whence thou dost see it, only its extremity thou dost see, and all of it thou dost not see, and pierce it for me thence;'

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.

and he taketh him the field of Zophim, unto the top of Pisgah, and buildeth seven altars, and offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar.

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

And he saith unto Balak, `Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I -- I meet 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.

and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost 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?

And he cometh unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him, and Balak saith to him: `What hath Jehovah spoken?'

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

And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, 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 not a man -- and lieth, And a son of man -- and repenteth! Hath He said -- and doth He not do ? And spoken -- and doth He not confirm it?

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

Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I not reverse 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 hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God with him, And a shout of a king in him.

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

God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;

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 no enchantment against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!

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.

Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'

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

And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it 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?

and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, `Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh -- it I 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.

And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God -- to pierce it for me from thence.'

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

And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,

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

and Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this seven altars, and make ready for me in this seven bullocks and seven rams;'

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

and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar.