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Balaam's First Oracle
And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Balaam Blesses Israel
Then Balaam said to King Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”
Then Balaam said to King Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”
And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.
Balak followed his instructions, and the two of them sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.
And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill.
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offerings, and I will go to see if the LORD will respond to me. Then I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” So Balaam went alone to the top of a bare hill,
And God met Balaam; and [Balaam] said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon [each] altar.
and God met him there. Balaam said to him, “I have prepared seven altars and have sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.”
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
The LORD gave Balaam a message for King Balak. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.”
And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
So Balaam returned and found the king standing beside his burnt offerings with all the officials of Moab.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!
This was the message Balaam delivered:
“Balak summoned me to come from Aram;
the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills.
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me!
Come and announce Israel’s doom.’
“Balak summoned me to come from Aram;
the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills.
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me!
Come and announce Israel’s doom.’
How shall I curse whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?
But how can I curse those
whom God has not cursed?
How can I condemn those
whom the LORD has not condemned?
whom God has not cursed?
How can I condemn those
whom the LORD has not condemned?
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, [it is] a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
I see them from the cliff tops;
I watch them from the hills.
I see a people who live by themselves,
set apart from other nations.
I watch them from the hills.
I see a people who live by themselves,
set apart from other nations.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!
Who can count Jacob’s descendants, as numerous as dust?
Who can count even a fourth of Israel’s people?
Let me die like the righteous;
let my life end like theirs.”
Who can count even a fourth of Israel’s people?
Let me die like the righteous;
let my life end like theirs.”
And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
Then King Balak demanded of Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies. Instead, you have blessed them!”
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?
But Balaam replied, “I will speak only the message that the LORD puts in my mouth.”
Balaam's Second Oracle
And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou wilt see them; thou shalt see only the extremity of them and shalt not see them all, and curse me them from thence.
And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou wilt see them; thou shalt see only the extremity of them and shalt not see them all, and curse me them from thence.
Balaam’s Second Message
Then King Balak told him, “Come with me to another place. There you will see another part of the nation of Israel, but not all of them. Curse at least that many!”
And he took him to the watchmen's field, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.
So Balak took Balaam to the plateau of Zophim on Pisgah Peak. He built seven altars there and offered a young bull and a ram on each altar.
And [Balaam] said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder.
Then Balaam said to the king, “Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go over there to meet the LORD.”
And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
And the LORD met Balaam and gave him a message. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.”
And he came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
So Balaam returned and found the king standing beside his burnt offerings with all the officials of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked eagerly.
Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!
This was the message Balaam delivered:
“Rise up, Balak, and listen!
Hear me, son of Zippor.
“Rise up, Balak, and listen!
Hear me, son of Zippor.
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?
God is not a man, so he does not lie.
He is not human, so he does not change his mind.
Has he ever spoken and failed to act?
Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
He is not human, so he does not change his mind.
Has he ever spoken and failed to act?
Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
Behold, I have received [mission] to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Listen, I received a command to bless;
God has blessed, and I cannot reverse it!
God has blessed, and I cannot reverse it!
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.
No misfortune is in his plan for Jacob;
no trouble is in store for Israel.
For the LORD their God is with them;
he has been proclaimed their king.
no trouble is in store for Israel.
For the LORD their God is with them;
he has been proclaimed their king.
God brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.
God brought them out of Egypt;
for them he is as strong as a wild ox.
for them he is as strong as a wild ox.
For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
No curse can touch Jacob;
no magic has any power against Israel.
For now it will be said of Jacob,
‘What wonders God has done for Israel!’
no magic has any power against Israel.
For now it will be said of Jacob,
‘What wonders God has done for Israel!’
Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.
These people rise up like a lioness,
like a majestic lion rousing itself.
They refuse to rest
until they have feasted on prey,
drinking the blood of the slaughtered!”
like a majestic lion rousing itself.
They refuse to rest
until they have feasted on prey,
drinking the blood of the slaughtered!”
And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Fine, but if you won’t curse them, at least don’t bless them!”
And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I do?
But Balaam replied to Balak, “Didn’t I tell you that I can do only what the LORD tells me?”
And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence.
Balaam’s Third Message
Then King Balak said to Balaam, “Come, I will take you to one more place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them from there.”
And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste.
And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Balaam again told Balak, “Build me seven altars, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”