{"book":"Numbers","slug":"numbers","ch":23,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Numbers","prev":"numbers/22","next":"numbers/24","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then Balaam said to Balak,“ Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”","f":[],"h":"Balaam’s First Oracle","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"“ 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,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"“ 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.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"So [Balaam] went off to a barren height,"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"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.”","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying,“ Return to Balak and give him this message.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"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!’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Balak brought me from Aram,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the king of Moab from the mountains of the east."},{"style":"indent1","t":"‘ Come,’ he said,‘ put a curse on Jacob for me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"come [and] denounce Israel!’"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"How can I curse [those whom] God has not cursed? How can I denounce [those whom] the LORD has not denounced?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"How can I curse [those whom] God has not cursed?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"How can I denounce [those whom] the LORD has not denounced?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I watch them from the hills."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Behold, a people dwelling apart,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"not reckoning themselves among the nations."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"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!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who can count the dust of Jacob"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or number [even] a fourth of Israel?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Let me die the death of the righteous;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let my end be like theirs!”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"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!”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"But [Balaam] replied,“ Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"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.”","f":[],"h":"Balaam’s Second Oracle","style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"Balaam said to Balak,“ Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet [the LORD] over there.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying,“ Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab."},{"style":"reg","t":"“ What did the LORD say?” Balak asked."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying:“ Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Arise, O Balak, and listen;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"give ear to me, O son of Zippor."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"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?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"God is not a man, that He should lie,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or a son of man, that He should change His mind."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Does He speak and not act?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Does He promise and not fulfill?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I have indeed received a command to bless;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has blessed, and I cannot change it."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He considers no disaster for Jacob;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He sees no trouble for Israel."},{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD their God is with them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the shout of the King is among them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"God brought them out of Egypt"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with strength like a wild ox."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"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!’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For there is no spell against Jacob"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and no divination against Israel."},{"style":"indent1","t":"It will now be said of Jacob and Israel,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ What great things God has done!’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"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.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Behold, the people rise like a lioness;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they rouse themselves like a lion,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"not resting until they devour their prey"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and drink the blood of the slain.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"Now Balak said to Balaam,“ Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"But Balaam replied,“ Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":27,"t":"“ Please come,” said Balak,“ I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":28,"t":"And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.","f":["Or Jeshimon"],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"Then Balaam said,“ Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":30,"t":"So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}