1 A nd Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this seven altars, and make ready for me in this seven bullocks 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 doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak -- Balaam also -- offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar,

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 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.

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 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;'

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 Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost 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 turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, 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 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.

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

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

“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 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!'

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

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

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

13 A nd 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;'

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 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.

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 A nd he saith unto Balak, `Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I -- I meet there;'

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

16 a nd Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'

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 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?'

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 A nd he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, 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 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?

“ 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 L o, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I not reverse it.

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

21 H e 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.

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

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

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

“ 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 L o, 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.'

“ 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 A nd Balak saith unto Balaam, `Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;'

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

26 a nd Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, `Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh -- it I do?'

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

27 A nd 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.'

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

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

29 a nd Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this seven altars, and make ready for me in this 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 doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar.

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