Numbers 23 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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 with 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, saying,

‘Come ^H1980, declare ^H779 Jacob ^H3290 cursed ^H779 for me,

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

“How ^H4100 am I to put ^H6895 a ^H6895 curse ^H6895 on him upon whom God ^H410 has not put ^H6895 a ^H6895 curse ^H6895?

And how ^H4100 am I to curse ^H2194 him whom the LORD ^H3068 has not cursed ^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 that lives ^H7931 in isolation ^H910,

And does not consider ^H2803 itself to be among the nations ^H1471.

“Who ^H4310 has counted ^H4487 the dust ^H6083 of Jacob ^H3290,

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

May [fn]I die ^H4191 the death ^H4194 of the upright ^H3477,

And may 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 put ^H6895 a ^H6895 curse ^H6895 on my enemies ^H340, but behold ^H2009, you have actually ^H1288 blessed ^H1288 them!”

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, although you will only ^H657 see ^H7200 the extreme ^H7097 end ^H7097 of them and will not see ^H7200 all ^H3605 of them; and put ^H6895 a ^H6895 curse ^H6895 on them for me from there ^H8033.”

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

Listen ^H238 to me, son ^H1121 of Zippor ^H6834!

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

Nor ^H3808 a son ^H1121 of man ^H120, that He would change ^H5162 His mind ^H5162;

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

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

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

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

“He has not looked ^H5027 at ^H5027 misfortune ^H205 in Jacob ^H3290;

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

The LORD ^H3068 his God ^H430 is with him,

And the joyful ^H8643 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 magic ^H5173 curse ^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 like a lion ^H738 it raises ^H5375 itself;

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

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

Then Balak ^H1111 said ^H559 to Balaam ^H1109, “Do not curse ^H6895 them at ^H6895 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 [fn]agreeable ^H3474 with God ^H430 that you curse ^H6895 them for me from there ^H8033.”