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Numbers 23

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Num 23:1 And Balaam said to Balak, Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.
Num 23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken. And Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on the altar.
Num 23:3 And Balaam said to Balak, Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go on; it may be that Jehovah will come to meet me, and I will declare to you the things which He reveals to me. And he went to a high place.
Num 23:4 And God came to Balaam, and he said to Him, I have set up seven altars. And I have offered a bull and a ram on the altar.
Num 23:5 And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and you shall say this.
Num 23:6 And he returned to him. And, lo, he was standing by his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab.
Num 23:7 And he took up his parable and said, He has led me from Aram, Balak king of Moab; from the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me; and, come, rage at Israel.
Num 23:8 How shall I curse him whom God has not cursed? And how shall I rage at him at whom Jehovah has not raged?
Num 23:9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and I behold him from the heights. Behold, it is a people that shall dwell alone and not be reckoned among the nations.
Num 23:10 Who can count Jacob’s dust, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Num 23:11 And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and lo you have surely blessed.
Num 23:12 And he replied and said, Must not I take heed to speak what Jehovah has put in my mouth?
Num 23:13 And Balak said to him, Now come with me to another place where you will see it; only you will see its edge and shall not see all of it; and curse it for me there.
Num 23:14 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 the altar.
Num 23:15 And he said to Balak, Station yourself by the burnt offering while I go to meet Him over there.
Num 23:16 And Jehovah met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, Return to Balak, and say this.
Num 23:17 And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt offering, and Moab’s chiefs with him. And he said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
Num 23:18 And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, son of Zippor.
Num 23:19 God is not a man that He should lie, or a son of man that He should repent. Has He said, and shall He not do it? And has He spoken, and shall He not make it good?
Num 23:20 Behold, I have received word to bless; yes, He has blessed; I cannot reverse it.
Num 23:21 He has seen no iniquity in Jacob, nor has He seen mischief in Israel. Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in him.
Num 23:22 God who brought them out of Egypt is for him like the lofty horns of the wild ox.
Num 23:23 For there is not a spell against Jacob, nor any divination against Israel. Now it is said of Jacob and Israel, See what God has done!
Num 23:24 Behold, the people shall rise like a lioness and as a lion he shall lift himself up; he shall not lie down until he eats the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.
Num 23:25 And Balak said to Balaam, Do not curse it at all, nor bless it at all.
Num 23:26 And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not speak to you, saying, All that Jehovah speaks, that I will do?
Num 23:27 And Balak said to Balaam, Come, please, I will take you to another place. It may be that it will be right in the eyes of God to curse it for me from there.
Num 23:28 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks toward the wilderness.
Num 23:29 And Balaam said to Balak, Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.
Num 23:30 And Balak did as Balaam said; and he offered a bull and a ram on the altar.

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