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* And Bil ’am said unto Balak , Build me here seven altars , and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams . * And Balak did as Bil ’am had spoken ; and Balak and Bil ’am offered a bullock and a ram on every altar . * And Bil ’am said unto Balak , Place thyself by thy burnt –offering ; and I will go , peradventure the Lord will come to meet me , and whatsoever he may show me I will tell thee : and he went thoughtfully alone . * And God met Bil ’am : and he said unto him , The seven altars have I made ready , and I have offered a bullock and a ram upon every altar . * And the Lord put a word in Bil ’am ’s mouth , and said , Return unto Balak , and thus shalt thou speak . * And he returned unto him , and , lo , he was standing by his burnt –offering , he , and all the princes of Moab . * And he took up his parable , and said , From Aram did Balak send for me , the king of Moab , out of the mountains of the east , Come , curse me Jacob , and come , defy Israel . * How shall I denounce , whom God hath not denounced ? and how shall I defy , whom the Lord hath not defied ? * For from the top of rocks I see him , and from hills I behold him : lo , it is a people that shall dwell alone , and among the nations it shall not be reckoned . * Who can count the dust of Jacob , and number the fourth part of Israel ? May my soul die the death of the righteous , and may my last end be like his ! * And Balak said unto Bil ’am , What hast thou done unto me ? to denounce my enemies did I take thee , and , behold , thou hast even blessed them . * And he answered and said , Must I not take heed to speak that only which the Lord may put in my mouth ? * And Balak said unto him , Come , I pray thee , with me unto another place , from where thou canst see them ; nevertheless a portion of them only wilt thou see , but the whole of them thou wilt not see : and denounce them for me from there . * And he brought him to the field of the watchmen , on the top of Pisgah , and he built seven altars , and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar . * And he said unto Balak , Place thyself here by thy burnt –offering , while I will repair to yonder place . * And the Lord met Bil ’am , and put a word in his mouth , and said , Return unto Balak , and thus shalt thou speak . * And he came to him , and , behold , he was standing by his burnt –offering , and the princes of Moab with him ; and Balak said unto him : What hath the Lord spoken ? * And he took up his parable , and said , Rise up , Balak , and hear ; bend hither thy ear unto me , son of Zippor ! * God is not a man , that he should lie ; nor a son of man , that he should repent : hath he said , and shall he not do it ? and hath he spoken , and shall he not fulfill it ? * Behold , to bless I have received ; and he hath blessed , and I cannot reverse it . * He hath not beheld any wrong in Jacob , nor hath he seen perverseness in Israel : the Lord his God is with him , and the glory of the king dwelleth among him . * God , who brought them out of Egypt , is to them like the heights of the reem . * For there is no enchantment in Jacob , nor is there any divination in Israel : at the proper time shall it be said to Jacob and to Israel , what God doth work . * Behold , it is a people , that shall rise up as a lioness , and as a lion shall it raise itself : it will not lie down until it have eaten the prey , and have drunk the blood of the slain . * And Balak said unto Bil ’am , Neither shalt thou denounce them , nor shalt thou any wise bless them . * But Bil ’am answered and said unto Balak , Have I not spoken unto thee , saying , all that the Lord will speak , that must I do . * And Balak said unto Bil ’am , Come , I pray thee , I will take thee unto another place , peradventure it may be pleasing in the eyes of God that thou mayest denounce them for me from there . * And Balak took Bil ’am unto the top of Peor , that looketh toward the desert . * And Bil ’am said unto Balak , Build me here seven altars , and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams . * And Balak did as Bil ’am had said , and he offered a bullock and a ram on every altar .

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