Numbers 23 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Then Balaam ^H1109 said ^H559 to Balak ^H1111, “Build ^H1129 seven ^H7651 altars ^H4196 for me here ^H2088, and prepare ^H3559 seven ^H7651 bulls ^H6499 and seven ^H7651 rams ^H352 for me here ^H2088.”

Now God ^H430 met ^H7136 Balaam ^H1109, and he said ^H559 to Him, “I have set ^H6186 up ^H6186 the seven ^H7651 altars ^H4196, and I have offered ^H5927 up ^H5927 a bull ^H6499 and a ram ^H352 on each altar ^H4196.”

“From Aram ^H6307 Balak ^H1111 has brought ^H5148 me,

Moab’s ^H4124 king ^H4428 from the mountains ^H2022 of the East ^H6924,

‘Come ^H1980 curse ^H779 Jacob ^H3290 for me,

And come ^H1980, denounce ^H2194 Israel ^H3478!’

“How ^H4100 shall I curse ^H6895 whom God ^H410 has not cursed ^H6895?

And how ^H4100 can I denounce ^H2194 whom Yahweh ^H3068 has not denounced ^H2194?

“For I see ^H7200 him from the top ^H7218 of the rocks ^H6697,

And I look ^H7789 at ^H7789 him from the hills ^H1389;

Behold ^H2005, a people ^H5971 who dwells ^H7931 alone ^H910,

And will not be reckoned ^H2803 among the nations ^H1471.

“Who ^H4310 can number ^H4487 the dust ^H6083 of Jacob ^H3290,

Or count ^H4557 the fourth ^H7255 part ^H7255 of Israel ^H3478?

Let [fn]me die ^H4191 the death ^H4194 of the upright ^H3477,

And let my end ^H319 be like ^H3644 his!”

Then Balak ^H1111 said ^H559 to Balaam ^H1109, “What ^H4100 have you done ^H6213 to me? I took ^H3947 you to curse ^H6895 my enemies ^H340, but behold ^H2009, you have blessed ^H1288 them repeatedly ^H1288!”

Then Balak ^H1111 said ^H559 to him, “Please ^H4994 come ^H1980 with me to another ^H312 place ^H4725 from where ^H834 H8033 you may see ^H7200 them, but you will only ^H657 see ^H7200 the end ^H7097 of them and will not see ^H7200 all ^H3605 of them; and curse ^H6895 them for me from there ^H8033.”

“Arise ^H6965, O Balak ^H1111, and hear ^H8085;

Give ^H238 ear ^H238 to me, O son ^H1121 of Zippor ^H6834!

“God ^H410 is not a man ^H376, that He should lie ^H3576,

Nor ^H3808 a son ^H1121 of man ^H120, that He should repent ^H5162;

Has He said ^H559, and will He not do ^H6213 it?

Or has He spoken ^H1696, and will He not establish ^H6965 it?

“Behold ^H2009, I have received ^H3947 a command to bless ^H1288;

When He has blessed ^H1288, then I cannot ^H3808 revoke ^H7725 it.

“He has not observed ^H5027 [fn]misfortune ^H205 in Jacob ^H3290;

Nor ^H3808 has He seen ^H7200 trouble ^H5999 in Israel ^H3478;

Yahweh ^H3068 his God ^H430 is with him,

And the shout ^H8643 of a king ^H4428 is among them.

“God ^H410 brings ^H3318 them out ^H3318 of Egypt ^H4714,

He is for them like the horns ^H8443 of the wild ^H7214 ox ^H7214.

“For there is no ^H3808 omen ^H5173 against Jacob ^H3290,

Nor ^H3808 is there any divination ^H7081 against Israel ^H3478;

At the proper time ^H6256 it shall be said ^H559 to Jacob ^H3290

And to Israel ^H3478, what ^H4100 God ^H410 has done ^H6466!

“Behold ^H2005, a people ^H5971 rises ^H6965 like a lioness ^H3833,

And as a lion ^H738 it lifts ^H5375 itself;

It will not lie ^H7901 down ^H7901 until ^H5704 it devours ^H398 the prey ^H2964,

And drinks ^H8354 the blood ^H1818 of the slain ^H2491.”

Then Balak ^H1111 said ^H559 to Balaam ^H1109, “Do not curse ^H6895 them at all ^H6895 nor ^H3808 bless ^H1288 them at ^H1288 all ^H1288!”

Then Balak ^H1111 said ^H559 to Balaam ^H1109, “Please ^H4994 come ^H1980, I will take ^H3947 you to another ^H312 place ^H4725; perhaps ^H194 it will be ^H3474 right ^H3474 in the eyes ^H5869 of God ^H430 that you curse ^H6895 them for me from there ^H8033.”