Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Then
Balaam said to
Balak, “
Build for
me seven altars here
, and prepare for
me seven bulls
and seven rams. ”
And
Balaam said unto
Balak, Build me here
seven altars, and prepare me here
seven oxen
and seven rams.
So
Balak did as Balaam had instructed,
and Balak and Balaam offered a bull
and a ram on
each
altar
.
And
Balak did as Balaam had spoken;
and Balak and Balaam offered on
every
altar
a bullock
and a ram.
“Stay
here
by your
burnt offering while
I
am
gone
, ”
Balaam
said
to
Balak.
“Perhaps
the LORD will meet with
me .
And whatever
He reveals
to
me ,
I will tell you
. ”
So
Balaam
went off
to a
barren
height,
And
Balaam
said
unto
Balak,
Stand
by thy
burnt offering, and
I
will
go:
peradventure
the LORD will come
to
meet me :
and whatsoever
he showeth
me I will tell thee
. And
he
went to an
high
place.
and God met with
him .
“
I have set
up
seven altars, ”
Balaam
said,
“
and on
each
altar
I have offered a bull
and a ram. ”
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.
Then
the LORD put a message
in Balaam’s
mouth, saying
, “
Return to
Balak and give
him
this
message
. ”
And
the LORD put a word
in Balaam's
mouth, and
said
, Return unto
Balak ,
and thus
thou
shalt
speak
.
So
he returned to
Balak
, who
was
standing
there
beside
his burnt offering
, with
all the princes of Moab.
And
he returned unto
him
, and,
lo,
he
stood
by
his burnt sacrifice
, he,
and
all the princes of Moab.
And Balaam
lifted
up an
oracle
, saying:
“
Balak brought me from Aram, the
king
of Moab
from
the mountains of the east .
‘Come
, ’
he
said
, ‘put
a
curse on
Jacob
for
me ;
come
and denounce
Israel !’
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, saying
, Come,
curse me Jacob,
and come,
defy
Israel .
How can
I curse what
God has
not cursed? How can
I denounce
what
the LORD has
not denounced
?
How shall
I curse ,
whom
God hath
not cursed? or
how shall
I defy,
whom
the LORD hath
not defied
?
For I
see
them
from atop
the rocky
cliffs
, and I
watch
them
from the hills .
Behold, a
people dwelling
apart
, not reckoning
themselves
among the nations.
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.
Who can count the dust of Jacob or
number even
a
fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous ;
let my end be like theirs
! ”
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
end be like his
!
Then
Balak said to
Balaam, “
What have
you
done to
me? I brought
you
here
to curse my
enemies, and behold, you
have
only
blessed them !”
And
Balak said unto
Balaam, What hast
thou
done unto
me? I took
thee
to curse mine
enemies, and ,
behold, thou
hast
blessed them altogether.
But
Balaam
replied
, “Should
I not speak exactly
what
the LORD puts
in my mouth? ”
And
he
answered
and
said
, Must
I not take
heed
to
speak that
which
the LORD hath
put
in my mouth?
Then
Balak said to
him, “Please
come with me to
another place where
you
can
see them .
You
will
only
see the outskirts
of their
camp—
not all
of
them .
And from
there,
curse them
for
me. ”
And
Balak said unto
him, Come ,
I
pray
thee,
with me unto
another place ,
from
whence
thou
mayest
see them :
thou
shalt
see but
the utmost
part
of them,
and
shalt
not see
them all:
and curse me them
from
thence
.
So
Balak
took
him to
the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where
he
built seven altars and offered a bull
and a ram on each
altar.
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.
Balaam
said to
Balak, “Stay
here beside
your
burnt offering while I meet the LORD over
there
. ”
And
he
said unto
Balak, Stand
here by
thy
burnt offering ,
while I meet the LORD yonder
.
And the LORD met with
Balaam and put a message
in his mouth, saying
, “Return
to
Balak and speak
what
I
tell
you
. ”
And the LORD met Balaam ,
and put a word
in his mouth, and
said
, Go
again
unto
Balak ,
and say
thus
.
So
he returned
to Balak
, who
was
standing
there
by his burnt offering with
the princes of Moab. “
What did
the LORD say
? ”
Balak
asked.
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
?
Then
Balaam
lifted
up an
oracle
, saying:
“Arise
, O
Balak, and listen
; give
ear
to
me, O
son of Zippor .
And
he
took
up his
parable
, and
said
, Rise
up,
Balak, and hear
; hearken
unto
me, thou
son of Zippor :
God is not a man, that He should lie ,
or
a
son of man, that He should change
His
mind.
Does
He speak
and not act
? Does
He promise
and not fulfill
?
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
?
I have indeed
received a
command
to bless ;
He has
blessed ,
and I cannot change
it.
Behold,
I have received commandment
to bless :
and
he hath
blessed ;
and I cannot reverse
it.
He considers
no
disaster
for
Jacob ;
He sees
no
trouble
for
Israel .
The LORD their
God is with them
, and the shout of the
King is among them.
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.
God brought them out of Egypt with
strength like
a
wild
ox
.
God brought them out of Egypt ;
he
hath
as
it
were
the
strength of
an
unicorn
.
For
there is no spell
against Jacob and
no
divination against Israel .
It will
now
be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘
What great
things
God has
done
! ’
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
!
Behold, the people rise like
a
lioness;
they
rouse
themselves
like
a lion, not resting
until they
devour
their
prey and drink the blood of the slain. ”
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.
Now
Balak said to
Balaam, “Then
neither curse them at all nor bless them at all !”
And
Balak said unto
Balaam, Neither curse them at all ,
nor bless them at all .
But Balaam replied
, “Did
I
not tell
you
that whatever
the LORD says
, I must do? ”
But Balaam answered
and
said
unto
Balak
, Told
not I
thee,
saying,
All
that the LORD speaketh
, that
I must do?
“Please
come, ”
said
Balak
, “
I will take
you
to
another place .
Perhaps
it will please God that you
curse them
for
me from there
. ”
And
Balak
said
unto
Balaam,
Come, I
pray
thee
, I will bring
thee
unto
another place ;
peradventure
it will please God that thou
mayest
curse me them
from thence
.
And Balak took
Balaam to
the top of Peor, which
overlooks
the
wasteland
.
And Balak brought
Balaam unto
the top of Peor, that
looketh
toward
Jeshimon
.
Then
Balaam said, “
Build for
me seven altars here
, and prepare for
me seven bulls
and seven rams. ”
And
Balaam said unto
Balak
, Build me here
seven altars, and prepare me here
seven bullocks
and seven rams.
So
Balak did as Balaam had instructed
, and he
offered a bull
and a ram on each
altar.
And
Balak did as Balaam had said
, and offered a bullock
and a ram on every
altar.
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