Numbers 23:1-26

Numbers 23:1-26

[1] And Balaam  said  unto Balak,  Build  me here seven  altars,  and prepare  me here seven  oxen  and seven  rams.  [2] And Balak  did  as Balaam  had spoken;  and Balak  and Balaam  offered  on every altar  a bullock  and a ram.  [3] And Balaam  said  unto Balak,  Stand  by thy burnt offering,  peradventure the LORD  will come  to meet  me: and whatsoever  he sheweth  me I will tell  to an high place.  [4] And God  met  Balaam:  and he said  unto him, I have prepared  seven  altars,  and I have offered  upon every altar  a bullock  and a ram.  [5] And the LORD  put  a word  in Balaam's  mouth,  and said,  Return  unto Balak,  and thus thou shalt speak.  [6] And he returned  unto him, and, lo, he stood  by his burnt sacrifice,  he, and all the princes  of Moab.  [7] And he took up  his parable,  and said,  Balak  the king  of Moab  hath brought  me from Aram,  out of the mountains  of the east,  curse  me Jacob,  defy  Israel.  [8] How  shall I curse,  whom God  hath not cursed?  or how shall I defy,  whom the LORD  hath not defied?  [9] For from the top  of the rocks  I see  him, and from the hills  I behold  him: lo, the people  shall dwell  alone,  and shall not be reckoned  among the nations.  [10] Who can count  the dust  of Jacob,  and the number  of the fourth  part of Israel?  Let me die  the death  of the righteous,  and let my last  [11] And Balak  said  unto Balaam,  What hast thou done  unto me? I took  thee to curse  mine enemies,  and, behold, thou hast blessed  [12] And he answered  and said,  Must I not take heed  to speak  that which the LORD  hath put  in my mouth?  [13] And Balak  said  I pray thee, with me unto another  place,  from whence thou mayest see  but  the utmost  part of them, and shalt not see  them all: and curse  me them from thence. [14] And 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.  [15] And he said  unto Balak,  Stand  here  by thy burnt offering,  while I meet  the LORD yonder.  [16] And the LORD  met  Balaam,  and put  a word  in his mouth,  and said,  Go again  unto Balak,  and say  [17] And when he came  to him, behold, he stood  by his burnt offering,  and the princes  of Moab  with him. And Balak  said  unto him, What hath the LORD  spoken?  [18] And he took up  his parable,  and said,  Rise up,  Balak,  and hear;  hearken  unto me, thou son  of Zippor:  [19] God  is not a man,  that he should lie;  neither the son  of man,  that he should repent:  hath he said,  and shall he not do  it? or hath he spoken,  and shall he not make it good?  [20] Behold, I have received  commandment to bless:  and I cannot reverse  [21] He hath not beheld  iniquity  in Jacob,  neither hath he seen  perverseness  in Israel:  the LORD  his God  is with him, and the shout  of a king  is among them. [22] God  brought them out  of Egypt;  he hath as it were the strength  of an unicorn.  [23] Surely there is no enchantment  against Jacob,  neither is there any divination  against Israel:  according to this time  it shall be said  of Jacob  and of Israel,  What hath God  wrought!  [24] Behold, the people  shall rise up  as a great lion,  and lift up  himself as a young lion:  he shall not lie down  until he eat  of the prey,  and drink  the blood  of the slain.  [25] And Balak  said  unto Balaam,  Neither curse  them at all,  nor bless  [26] But Balaam  answered  and said  unto Balak,  Told  not I thee, saying,  All that the LORD  speaketh,  that I must do?