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¹ And Balaam said to Balak, Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.² And Balak did as Balaam had spoken. And Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on the altar.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.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.⁵ And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and you shall say this.⁶ And he returned to him. And, lo, he was standing by his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab.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.⁸ How shall I curse him whom God has not cursed? And how shall I rage at him at whom Jehovah has not raged?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.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!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.¹² And he replied and said, Must not I take heed to speak what Jehovah has put in my mouth?

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.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.¹⁵ And he said to Balak, Station yourself by the burnt offering while I go to meet Him over there.¹⁶ And Jehovah met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, Return to Balak, and say this.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?¹⁸ And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, son of Zippor.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?²⁰ Behold, I have received word to bless; yes, He has blessed; I cannot reverse it.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.²² God who brought them out of Egypt is for him like the lofty horns of the wild ox.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!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.²⁵ And Balak said to Balaam, Do not curse it at all, nor bless it at all.²⁶ And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not speak to you, saying, All that Jehovah speaks, that I will do?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.²⁸ And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks toward the wilderness.²⁹ And Balaam said to Balak, Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.³⁰ And Balak did as Balaam said; and he offered a bull and a ram on the altar.