Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
the Israelites
traveled
on
and camped
in the plains of Moab near
the Jordan, across
from
Jericho.
And
the sons
of
Israel
journey
and encamp
in the plains of Moab ,
beyond
the Jordan, `by'
Jericho.
Now
Balak son of Zippor saw
all that Israel had
done to the Amorites
,
And
Balak son of Zippor seeth
all that Israel hath
done to the Amorite
,
and Moab was
terrified
of the people because
they
were
numerous.
Indeed
, Moab dreaded
the Israelites.
and Moab is
exceedingly
afraid
of the presence
of
the
people, for
it
`is'
numerous;
and
Moab is
vexed
by
the presence
of
the
sons
of
Israel,
So
the
Moabites
said
to
the elders of Midian, “This
horde
will
devour
everything
around
us, as an
ox licks
up the grass
of the field. ”
Since
Balak son of Zippor was
king of Moab at that time,
and
Moab
saith
unto
the elders of Midian, `Now
doth
the
assembly
lick
up
all
that
is
round
about
us, as the
ox licketh
up the green
thing
of the field. '
And
Balak son of Zippor `is'
king of Moab at that time,
he sent
messengers to
Balaam son of Beor at
Pethor, which is by the Euphrates
in
the land of his people .
“Behold
, a people has
come out of Egypt, ”
said
Balak.
“They
cover
the face
of the land and have
settled
next
to
me .
and
he sendeth
messengers unto
Balaam son of Beor ,
to
Pethor, which `
is '
by the River
of
the land of the
sons
of
his people, to
call
for
him,
saying,
`Lo,
a people hath
come out of Egypt ;
lo
, it
hath
covered
the eye
of the land ,
and it
is
abiding
over-against
me ;
So
please
come
now
and put
a
curse on
this people, because
they
are
too
mighty
for me.
Perhaps
I may be able
to
defeat
them
and drive
them
out of
the land; for I know
that those
you
bless
are
blessed, and those
you
curse
are
cursed. ”
and now,
come,
I
pray
thee,
curse for
me
this people, for it
`is'
mightier
than
I ;
it
may be I
prevail
--
we
smite
it
--
and I
cast
it
out from
the land; for I have
known
--
that which
thou
blessest
is
blessed, and that
which
thou
cursest
is
cursed. '
The elders of Moab and Midian
departed
with
the fees
for
divination
in hand .
They came
to
Balaam and relayed
to
him the words of Balak .
And
the elders of Moab and the elders
of
Midian
go,
and
divinations
in their
hand ,
and
they come
in
unto
Balaam ,
and speak
unto
him the words of Balak ,
“Spend
the
night
here
, ”
Balaam
replied
, “
and I will
give
you the
answer
that
the
LORD
speaks
to
me .”
So
the princes of Moab stayed
with Balaam.
and
he
saith
unto
them
, `Lodge
here
to-night
, and I have
brought
you back
word,
as
Jehovah
speaketh
unto
me ;'
and
the princes of Moab abide
with Balaam.
Then
God came
to
Balaam and asked
, “
Who are these men with you
? ”
And
God cometh
in
unto
Balaam ,
and saith
, `
Who `
are '
these men with thee
? '
And Balaam said
to
God, “
Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this
message
:
And Balaam saith
unto
God, `
Balak ,
son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath
sent unto
me:
‘Behold
, a
people has
come
out of
Egypt ,
and they
cover
the face
of the land .
Now come and
put
a
curse
on
them
for me .
Perhaps
I
may be able to fight against them
and drive
them
away.’”
Lo
, the
people that
is
coming
out from
Egypt and covereth
the eye
of the land ,
--
now come ,
pierce
it
for me ;
it
may be I
am
able to fight against it,
and have
cast
it
out;'
But
God said
to
Balaam, “Do
not go with them .
You
are
not to
curse this
people ,
for they
are
blessed. ”
and
God saith
unto
Balaam, `Thou
dost
not go with them ;
thou
dost
not curse the
people ;
for it
`is'
blessed. '
So
Balaam got
up
the next
morning and said
to
Balak’s
princes, “
Go back
to
your homeland
, because
the
LORD
has
refused
to let
me go with you .”
And
Balaam riseth
in
the morning ,
and saith
unto
the
princes of
Balak
, `
Go unto
your land
, for
Jehovah
is
refusing
to suffer
me to
go with you ;'
And the princes of Moab arose
, returned
to
Balak, and said
, “
Balaam refused
to come with us. ”
and the princes of Moab rise
, and
come
in
unto
Balak, and say
, `
Balaam is
refusing
to come with us. '
Then
Balak sent
other
princes, more numerous and more
distinguished
than the
first
messengers.
And
Balak addeth
yet
to
send
princes, more numerous and honoured
than these,
They came
to
Balaam and said
, “This
is
what
Balak son of Zippor says:
‘Please
let
nothing
hinder
you
from coming to
me,
and
they come
in
unto
Balaam ,
and say
to
him
, `Thus
said
Balak son of Zippor ,
Be
not,
I
pray
thee,
withheld
from coming unto
me,
for I will
honor
you
richly
and do whatever
you
say.
So
please
come
and put
a
curse
on
this
people
for me !’”
for very
greatly
I honour
thee,
and all
that
thou
sayest
unto
me
I
do ;
and come,
I
pray
thee,
pierce
for me this
people.'
But
Balaam replied
to
the servants of Balak, “
If Balak were
to
give me his house full
of silver and gold, I could
not do
anything
small
or
great
to go
beyond
the command of the
LORD
my God .
And
Balaam answereth
and
saith
unto
the servants of Balak, `
If Balak doth
give to
me the
fulness
of
his house of silver and gold, I am
not able
to pass
over
the command of Jehovah
my God ,
to
do
a
little
or
a
great
thing;
So
now, please
stay
here
overnight
as
the
others
did
, that
I may
find
out
what else
the
LORD
has
to tell
me. ”
and,
now, abide
, I pray
you,
in
this
`place',
you
also,
to-night;
and
I
know
what Jehovah
is
adding
to speak
with
me. '
That
night
God came
to
Balaam and said
, “Since
these
men have come to
summon
you
, get
up
and
go with them, but
you
must
only do
what
I tell
you
. ”
And
God cometh
in
unto
Balaam ,
by
night,
and saith
to
him
, `If
to
call
for
thee
the
men have come, rise,
go with them, and
only the
thing
which
I speak
unto
thee
--
it
thou
dost
do
. '
So
in the morning Balaam
got
up
, saddled
his donkey
, and went
with the princes of Moab .
And
Balaam
riseth
in the morning, and
saddleth
his ass
, and goeth
with the princes of Moab ,
Then
God’s
anger was
kindled
because Balaam
was
going along
, and the
angel
of the
LORD
stood
in the road
to oppose
him .
Balaam
was
riding his donkey
, and his
two servants were
with him .
and
the
anger of
God
burneth
because he
is
going, and a
messenger
of Jehovah
stationeth
himself
in the way
for
an
adversary
to him ,
and
he
is
riding on
his ass
, and two of
his
servants `are'
with him ,
When
the donkey
saw
the angel
of the
LORD
standing in the road
with
a
drawn sword in his hand, she
turned
off
the path
and went
into a field .
So
Balaam beat
her
to
return
her
to the path
.
and
the ass
seeth
the messenger
of Jehovah
standing in the way,
and
his
drawn sword in his hand, and
the ass
turneth
aside
out
of
the
way,
and goeth
into a field ,
and
Balaam smiteth
the
ass
to turn
it
aside
into
the way
.
Then
the angel
of the
LORD
stood
in a narrow passage
between
two
vineyards ,
with
walls
on either
side .
And
the messenger
of Jehovah
standeth
in a narrow path
of
the
vineyards --
a
wall
on this
`
side '
and
a
wall
on
that
--
And the donkey
saw
the angel
of the
LORD
and pressed herself
against
the wall, crushing
Balaam’s
foot against
it.
So
he beat
her once
again.
and the ass
seeth
the messenger
of Jehovah,
and is
pressed unto
the wall, and
presseth
Balaam's
foot unto
the
wall,
and
he addeth
to
smite
her ;
And the angel
of the
LORD
moved
on
ahead
and stood
in a narrow
place where there was
no room
to turn to
the
right or left .
and the messenger
of Jehovah
addeth
to
pass
over,
and standeth
in a strait
place where there is
no way
to turn aside
--
right or left --
When
the donkey
saw
the angel
of the
LORD
, she
lay
down
under Balaam, and he
became
furious
and beat
her
with his
staff.
and
the ass
seeth
the messenger
of Jehovah
, and
croucheth
under Balaam, and the
anger
of
Balaam
burneth,
and he
smiteth
the
ass
with a
staff.
Then
the
LORD
opened
the donkey’s
mouth, and she said
to Balaam, “
What have I done to you
that you
have
beaten
me these three times? ”
And
Jehovah
openeth
the mouth of
the
ass
, and she saith
to Balaam, `
What have I done to thee
that thou
hast
smitten
me these three times? '
Balaam answered
the donkey
, “You
have
made
a
fool
of
me !
If
I
had
a sword in my hand, I
would
kill
you
right
now !”
and
Balaam saith
to
the ass
, `Because
thou
hast
rolled
thyself
against
me ;
oh
that
there
were
a sword in my hand, for
now I
had
slain
thee;'
But
the donkey
said
to
Balaam, “
Am I
not the
donkey
you
have
ridden all
your
life
until
today
? Have I ever
treated
you
this
way
before
? ”
“No,”
he replied
.
and
the ass
saith
unto
Balaam, `
Am not I
thine
ass,
upon
which
thou
hast
ridden since
`I
was'
thine
unto
this
day
? have I at
all
been
accustomed
to
do
to
thee
thus
? '
and
he saith,
`No
. '
Then
the LORD
opened
Balaam’s
eyes, and he saw
the angel
of the
LORD
standing in the road
with
a
drawn sword in his hand .
And Balaam
bowed
low
and fell
facedown.
And
Jehovah
uncovereth
the eyes of
Balaam
, and he seeeth
the messenger
of Jehovah
standing in the way,
and
his
drawn sword in his hand ,
and he
boweth
and doth
obeisance,
to
his
face;
The angel
of the
LORD
asked
him, “Why
have
you
beaten
your
donkey
these three times? Behold
, I have come out to
oppose
you
, because
your
way is
perverse before me .
and
the messenger
of Jehovah
saith
unto
him, `Wherefore
hast
thou
smitten
thine
ass
these three times? lo
, I --
I
have come out for
an
adversary
, for
`thy'
way hath
been
perverse before me ,
The donkey
saw
me and turned
away
from
me
these three times .
If
she had not
turned away
, then
by
now I would
surely
have
killed
you
and let
her live
. ”
and
the ass
seeth
me ,
and turneth
aside
at
my
presence
these three times ;
unless
she had turned aside
from
my
presence
, surely
now also,
thee
I had
slain,
and her kept
alive
. '
“I
have
sinned,”
Balaam said
to
the angel
of the
LORD
, “
for I did not realize
that you
were
standing in
the
road
to confront
me .
And now, if this
is
displeasing
in your
sight,
I will
go
back home
. ”
And
Balaam saith
unto
the messenger
of Jehovah
, `I
have
sinned,
for I did not know
that thou
`art'
standing to meet
me in
the
way;
and now, if evil
in thine
eyes
--
I turn
back by
myself
. '
But
the angel
of the
LORD
said
to
Balaam, “
Go with the men ,
but
you
are
to
speak
only what
I tell
you.”
So
Balaam went
with the princes of Balak.
And
the messenger
of Jehovah
saith
unto
Balaam, `
Go with the men ;
and
only the
word
which
I speak
unto
thee
--
it
thou
dost
speak;'
and
Balaam goeth
with the princes of Balak.
When
Balak heard
that Balaam was
coming
, he
went
out to meet him at
the
Moabite
city on the Arnon
border, at
the edge
of his
territory.
And
Balak heareth
that Balaam hath
come
, and
goeth
out to meet him ,
unto
a
city of
Moab,
which
`is'
on the border of
Arnon
, which
`is'
in
the extremity
of the
border;
And he
said
to
Balaam, “
Did I not send
you
an
urgent
summons
? Why did
you
not come to
me? Am I really
not able to richly
reward
you
? ”
and Balak
saith
unto
Balaam, `
Did I not diligently
sent
unto
thee
to
call
for
thee
? why didst
thou
not come unto
me? am I not truly
able to honour
thee
? '
“See
, I have come to
you,”
Balaam
replied,
“but
can
I say
just
anything? I
must
speak
only
the word that
God puts
in my mouth. ”
And
Balaam
saith
unto
Balak
, `Lo,
I have come unto
thee;
now
--
am
I at
all
able
to
speak
anything? the word which
God setteth
in my mouth --
it
I
do
speak
. '
So
Balaam accompanied
Balak, and they came
to Kiriath
-huzoth .
And
Balaam goeth
with
Balak, and they come
to Kirjath
-Huzoth ,
Balak sacrificed
cattle
and sheep, and he
gave
portions
to Balaam and the princes who were
with him .
and
Balak sacrificeth
oxen
and sheep, and sendeth
to Balaam ,
and to
the princes who `are'
with him ;
The next
morning, Balak took
Balaam and brought
him up
to Bamoth-baal.
From
there
he
could
see
the outskirts
of the camp
of the people.
and
it
cometh
to
pass
in
the morning, that
Balak taketh
Balaam ,
and causeth
him to go
up
the high
places
of Baal,
and
he
seeth
from
thence
the extremity
of the people.
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