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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.”
The Prophecies of Balaam
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, 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.
And Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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.
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” So he went to a desolate 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 he said to Him, “I have prepared 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.”
Then 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.
So he returned to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.
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.’
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 shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
And how shall 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 rocks I see him,
And from the hills I behold him;
There! A people dwelling alone,
Not reckoning itself among the nations.
And from the hills I behold him;
There! A people dwelling alone,
Not reckoning 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!”
Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them bountifully!”
He answered, “Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”
So he answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak what the Lord has put 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 Prophecy
Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the outer part of them, and shall not see them all; curse them for me from there.”
Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the outer part of them, and shall not see them all; 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.
So he brought 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.”
The Lord met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”
Then the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak, and thus you shall 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?”
So he came to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab were 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.
Then he took up his oracle and said:
“Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, son of Zippor!
“Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, 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 a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
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 have received a command to bless;
He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
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;
He has strength like a wild ox.
He has strength like a wild ox.
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.”
Look, a people rises like a lioness,
And lifts itself up like a lion;
It shall not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”
And lifts itself up like a lion;
It shall not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all!”
Balaam answered, “Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?”
So Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘All that the Lord speaks, 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.”
Balaam’s Third Prophecy
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, 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.”
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”