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Balaam’s First Message
Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
Balaam’s First Oracle
And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
Balak did as Balaam said, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went off to a barren height.
And Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you.” And he went to a bare height,
God met with him, and Balaam said, “I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
and God met Balaam. And Balaam said to him, “I have arranged the seven altars and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.”
The Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”
And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials.
And he returned to him, and behold, he and all the princes of Moab were standing beside his burnt offering.
Then Balaam spoke his message:
“Balak brought me from Aram,
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
come, denounce Israel.’
“Balak brought me from Aram,
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
come, denounce Israel.’
And Balaam took up his discourse and said,
“From Aram Balak has brought me,
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains:
‘Come, curse Jacob for me,
and come, denounce Israel!’
“From Aram Balak has brought me,
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains:
‘Come, curse Jacob for me,
and come, denounce Israel!’
How can I curse
those whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce
those whom the Lord has not denounced?
those whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce
those whom the Lord has not denounced?
How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
From the rocky peaks I see them,
from the heights I view them.
I see a people who live apart
and do not consider themselves one of the nations.
from the heights I view them.
I see a people who live apart
and do not consider themselves one of the nations.
For from the top of the crags I see him,
from the hills I behold him;
behold, a people dwelling alone,
and not counting itself among the nations!
from the hills I behold him;
behold, a people dwelling alone,
and not counting itself 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,
and may my final end be like theirs!”
or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,
and may my final end be like theirs!”
Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!”
And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.”
He answered, “Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”
And he answered and said, “Must I not take care to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”
Balaam’s Second Message
Then Balak said to him, “Come with me to another place where you can see them; you will not see them all but only the outskirts of their camp. And from there, curse them for me.”
Then Balak said to him, “Come with me to another place where you can see them; you will not see them all but only the outskirts of their camp. And from there, curse them for me.”
Balaam’s Second Oracle
And Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, from which you may see them. You shall see only a fraction of them and shall not see them all. Then curse them for me from there.”
And Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, from which you may see them. You shall see only a fraction of them and shall not see them all. Then curse them for me from there.”
So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.”
Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there.”
The Lord met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”
And the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.”
So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials. Balak asked him, “What did the Lord say?”
And he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”
Then he spoke his message:
“Arise, Balak, and listen;
hear me, son of Zippor.
“Arise, Balak, and listen;
hear me, son of Zippor.
And Balaam took up his discourse and said,
“Rise, Balak, and hear;
give ear to me, O son of Zippor:
“Rise, Balak, and hear;
give ear to me, O son of Zippor:
God is not human, that he should lie,
not a human being, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfill?
not a human being, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfill?
God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
I have received a command to bless;
he has blessed, and I cannot change it.
he has blessed, and I cannot change it.
Behold, I received a command to bless:
he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.
he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.
He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob,
nor has he seen trouble in Israel.
The Lord their God is with them,
and the shout of a king is among them.
nor has he seen trouble in Israel.
The Lord their God is with them,
and the shout of a king is among them.
God brought them out of Egypt;
they have the strength of a wild ox.
they have the strength of a wild ox.
God brings them out of Egypt
and is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
and is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
For there is no enchantment against Jacob,
no divination against Israel;
now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel,
‘What has God wrought!’
no divination against Israel;
now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel,
‘What has God wrought!’
The people rise like a lioness;
they rouse themselves like a lion
that does not rest till it devours its prey
and drinks the blood of its victims.”
they rouse themselves like a lion
that does not rest till it devours its prey
and drinks the blood of its victims.”
Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up
and as a lion it lifts itself;
it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey
and drunk the blood of the slain.”
and as a lion it lifts itself;
it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey
and drunk the blood of the slain.”
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
And Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all.”
Balaam answered, “Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?”
But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the Lord says, that I must do’?”
Balaam’s Third Message
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.”
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.”
And Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, overlooking the wasteland.
Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”