Numbers 23 — GMV

23 Verse 1 And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams. ^{Verse 2} And Balak did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on every altar. ^{Verse 3} And 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 4} And 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 5} And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, Thou shalt return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. ^{Verse 6} And 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 7} And he took up his parable, and said, ^{Verse 8} How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? ^{Verse 9} For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, ^{Verse 10} Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, ^{Verse 11} And 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 12} And Balaam said to Balak, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this? ^{Verse 13} And 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 14} And 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 15} And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to inquire of God. ^{Verse 16} And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. ^{Verse 17} And 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 18} And he took up his parable, and said, ^{Verse 19} God is not as man to waver, ^{Verse 20} Behold, I have received commandment to bless: ^{Verse 21} There shall not be trouble in Jacob, ^{Verse 22} It was God who brought him out of Egypt; ^{Verse 23} For there is no divination in Jacob, ^{Verse 24} Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion’s whelp, ^{Verse 25} And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all. ^{Verse 26} And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Spoke I not to thee, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do? ^{Verse 27} And 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 28} And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which extends to the wilderness. ^{Verse 29} And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams. ^{Verse 30} And Balak did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar.