Numbers 23

And Balaam saith unto Balak, ` Build for me in this `place' seven altars, and make ready for me in this `place' seven bullocks and seven rams. '

And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken , and Balak -- Balaam also -- offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar,

and Balaam saith to Balak, `Station thyself by thy burnt - offering and I go on, it may be Jehovah doth come to meet me , and the thing which He sheweth me -- I have declared to thee ;' and he goeth ` to ' a high place.

And God cometh unto Balaam , and he saith unto Him, `The seven altars I have arranged , and I offer a bullock and a ram on the altar;'

and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam , and saith , `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak. '

And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt -offering , he and all the princes of Moab.

And he taketh up his simile , and saith: `From Aram he doth lead me -- Balak king of Moab ; From mountains of the east : Come -- curse for me Jacob, And come -- be indignant `with' Israel.

What -- do I pierce? -- God hath not pierced! And what -- am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath not been indignant!

For from the top of rocks I see it , And from heights I behold it; Lo a people ! alone it doth tabernacle , And among nations doth not reckon itself .

Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones , And let my last end be like his! '

And Balak saith unto Balaam, ` What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee -- and lo , thou hast certainly blessed ;'

and he answereth and saith , ` That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth -- it do I not take heed to speak ? '

And Balak saith unto him, ` Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, whence thou dost see it, only its extremity thou dost see, and all of it thou dost not see , and pierce it for me thence ;'

and he taketh him `to' the field of Zophim, unto the top of Pisgah, and buildeth seven altars, and offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar.

And he saith unto Balak, `Station thyself here by thy burnt - offering, and I -- I meet `Him' there;'

and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith , `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak . '

And he cometh unto him, and lo , he is standing by his burnt - offering, and the princes of Moab with him , and Balak saith to him : ` What hath Jehovah spoken? '

And he taketh up his simile , and saith: ` Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor !

God ` is ' not a man -- and lieth , And a son of man -- and repenteth! Hath He said -- and doth He not do ` it ' ? And spoken -- and doth He not confirm it?

Lo , to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I `can'not reverse it.

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel ; Jehovah his God ` is ' with him, And a shout of a king ` is ' in him .

God is bringing them out from Egypt , As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;

For no enchantment `is' against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel , At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!

Lo , the people as a lioness riseth , And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink . '

And Balak saith unto Balaam, ` Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all ;'

and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, `Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh -- it I do? '

And Balak saith unto Balaam, ` Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God -- to pierce it for me from thence. '

And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,

and Balaam saith unto Balak, ` Build for me in this `place' seven altars, and make ready for me in this `place' seven bullocks and seven rams ;'

and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar.