Numbers 23

1 And Balaam said to Balac, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.

And he said Balaam to Balak build for me in this [place] seven altars and prepare for me in this [place] seven young bulls and seven rams.

2 And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on [every] altar.

And he did Balak just as he had spoken Balaam and he offered up Balak and Balaam a young bull and a ram on the altar.

3 And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your 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 you. And Balac stood by his sacrifice.

And he said Balaam to Balak take your stand with burnt offering your so let me go perhaps he will meet Yahweh to meet me and [the] word of whatever he will show me and I will tell to you and he went a bare height.

4 And Balaam went to enquire 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.

And he met God Balaam and he said to him [the] seven the altars I have arranged and I have offered up a young bull and a ram on the altar.

5 And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, you shall return to Balac, and thus shall you speak.

And he put Yahweh a word in [the] mouth of Balaam and he said return to Balak and thus you will speak.

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.

And he returned to him and there! [he was] standing with burnt offering his he and all [the] leaders of Moab.

7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balac 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.

And he lifted up oracle his and he said from Aram he led me Balak [the] king of Moab from [the] mountains of [the] east come! curse! for me Jacob and come! denounce! Israel.

8 How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not?

What? will I curse [one whom] not he has cursed him God and what? will I denounce [one whom] not he has denounced Yahweh.

9 For 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.

For from [the] top of [the] rocks I see him and from [the] hills I observe him there! a people [which] alone it dwells and among the nations not it reckons itself.

10 Who 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.

Who? has he counted [the] dust of Jacob and a number [the] fourth part of Israel let it die self my [the] death of upright [people] and let it be end my like his.

11 And Balac said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I called you to curse my enemies, and behold you have greatly blessed [them].

And he said Balak to Balaam what? have you done to me to curse enemies my I took you and here! you have blessed actually.

12 And Balaam said to Balac, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this?

And he answered and he said ¿ not [that] which he will put Yahweh in mouth my it will I take care to speak.

13 And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where you shall not see the people, but only you shall see a part of them, and shall not see them all; and curse me them from thence.

And he said to him Balak (come there! *Q(K)*) please with me to a place another where you will see it from there only outskirt[s] its you will see and all of it not you will see and curse it for me from there.

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.

And he took him [the] field of Zophim to [the] top of Pisgah and he built seven altars and he offered up a young bull and a ram on the altar.

15 And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God.

And he said to Balak take your stand thus with burnt offering your and I I will meet thus.

16 And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shall you speak.

And he met Yahweh Balaam and he put a word in mouth his and he said return to Balak and thus you will speak.

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 Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken?

And he went to him and there he [was] standing with burnt offering his and [the] leaders of Moab [were] with him and he said to him Balak what? has he spoken Yahweh.

18 And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; listen as a witness, you son of Sepphor.

And he lifted up oracle his and he said arise O Balak and hear give ear! to me [O] son his Zippor.

19 God 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]?

Not [is] a human God so he may lie and a son of humankind so he may change his mind ¿ he has he said and not will he act? and has he spoken? and not will he fulfill? it.

20 Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: I will bless, and not turn back.

Here! [surely] blessing I have received and he has blessed and not I will turn back it.

21 There 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.

Not he has looked at disaster in Jacob and not he has seen trouble in Israel Yahweh God his [is] with him and a shout of a king [is] among him.

22 It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn.

God [is] bringing out them from Egypt like [the] horns of a wild ox [belong] to him.

23 For there is no divination in Jacob, nor enchantment in Israel; in season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel what God shall perform.

For not enchantment [is] in Jacob and not divination [is] in Israel about this time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel what! has he done God.

24 Behold, 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.

There! a people like a lion it rises and like a lion it lifts itself up not it will lie down until it will devour prey and [the] blood of [those] slain it will drink.

25 And Balac said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all.

And he said Balak to Balaam neither at all not you will curse it nor at all not you will bless it.

26 And Balaam answered and said to Balac, Spoke I not to you, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do?

And he answered Balaam and he said to Balak ¿ not did I speak to you saying all that he will speak Yahweh it I will do.

27 And Balac said to Balaam, Come [and] I will remove you to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.

And he said Balak to Balaam come! please let me take you to a place another perhaps it will be pleasing in [the] eyes of God and you will curse it for me from there.

28 And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness.

And he took Balak Balaam [the] top of Peor which looks down over [the] face of the desolate place.

29 And Balaam said to Balac, build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.

And he said Balaam to Balak build for me in this [place] seven altars and prepare for me in this [place] seven young bulls and seven rams.

30 And Balac did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.

And he did Balak just as he had said Balaam and he offered up a young bull and a ram on the altar.