Numbers 23 — UBES
23Verse 1And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.Verse 2And Balak did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on every altar.Verse 3And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall show me, I will report to thee. And Balak stood by his sacrifice.Verse 4And Balaam went to inquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on every altar.Verse 5And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, Thou shalt return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.Verse 6And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole burnt offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him.Verse 7And he took up his parable, and said,Balak king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia,
Out of the mountains of the east, saying,
Come, curse me Jacob,
And Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel.
Verse 8How can I curse whom the Lord curses not?
Or how can I devote whom God devotes not?
Verse 9For from the top of the mountains I shall see him,
And from the hills I shall observe him:
Behold, the people shall dwell alone,
And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Verse 10Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob,
And who shall number the families of Israel?
Let my soul die with the souls of the righteous,
And let my seed be as their seed.Verse 11And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I called thee to curse my enemies, and behold thou hast greatly blessed them.Verse 12And Balaam said to Balak, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this?Verse 13And Balak said to him, Come yet with me to another place where thou shalt not see the people, but only thou shalt see a part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence.Verse 14And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried rock, and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar.Verse 15And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to inquire of God.Verse 16And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.Verse 17And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole burnt sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has the Lord spoken?Verse 18And he took up his parable, and said,Rise up, Balak, and hear;
Hearken as a witness, thou son of Zippor.
Verse 19God is not as man to waver,
Nor as the son of man to be threatened;
Shall he say and not perform?
Shall he speak and not keep to his word?
Verse 20Behold, I have received commandment to bless:
I will bless, and not turn back.
Verse 21There shall not be trouble in Jacob,
Neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel:
The Lord his God is with him,
The glories of rulers are in him.
Verse 22It was God who brought him out of Egypt;
He has as it were the glory of a unicorn.
Verse 23For there is no divination in Jacob,
Nor enchantment in Israel;
In season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel
What God shall perform.
Verse 24Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion’s whelp,
And shall exalt himself as a lion;
He shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey,
And he shall drink the blood of the slain.Verse 25And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all.Verse 26And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Spoke I not to thee, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do?Verse 27And Balak said to Balaam, Come and I will remove thee to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.Verse 28And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which extends to the wilderness.Verse 29And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.Verse 30And Balak did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar.
Out of the mountains of the east, saying,
Come, curse me Jacob,
And Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel.
Verse 8How can I curse whom the Lord curses not?
Or how can I devote whom God devotes not?
Verse 9For from the top of the mountains I shall see him,
And from the hills I shall observe him:
Behold, the people shall dwell alone,
And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Verse 10Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob,
And who shall number the families of Israel?
Let my soul die with the souls of the righteous,
And let my seed be as their seed.Verse 11And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I called thee to curse my enemies, and behold thou hast greatly blessed them.Verse 12And Balaam said to Balak, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this?Verse 13And Balak said to him, Come yet with me to another place where thou shalt not see the people, but only thou shalt see a part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence.Verse 14And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried rock, and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar.Verse 15And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to inquire of God.Verse 16And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.Verse 17And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole burnt sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has the Lord spoken?Verse 18And he took up his parable, and said,Rise up, Balak, and hear;
Hearken as a witness, thou son of Zippor.
Verse 19God is not as man to waver,
Nor as the son of man to be threatened;
Shall he say and not perform?
Shall he speak and not keep to his word?
Verse 20Behold, I have received commandment to bless:
I will bless, and not turn back.
Verse 21There shall not be trouble in Jacob,
Neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel:
The Lord his God is with him,
The glories of rulers are in him.
Verse 22It was God who brought him out of Egypt;
He has as it were the glory of a unicorn.
Verse 23For there is no divination in Jacob,
Nor enchantment in Israel;
In season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel
What God shall perform.
Verse 24Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion’s whelp,
And shall exalt himself as a lion;
He shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey,
And he shall drink the blood of the slain.Verse 25And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all.Verse 26And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Spoke I not to thee, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do?Verse 27And Balak said to Balaam, Come and I will remove thee to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.Verse 28And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which extends to the wilderness.Verse 29And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.Verse 30And Balak did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar.