Numbers:23-24

rotherham@Numbers:23:1 @ Then said Balaam unto Balak: Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams.

rotherham@Numbers:23:2 @ And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

rotherham@Numbers:23:3 @ Then said Balaam unto Balak: Station thyself by thine ascending-sacrifice, and let me go my wayperadventure Yahweh may come and meet me, and what thing soever he may show me, I will tell thee. So he went his way to a bare height.

rotherham@Numbers:23:4 @ And God came unto Balaam, so he said unto him The seven altars, have I built in a row, and have caused to ascend, bullock and a ram on each altar.

rotherham@Numbers:23:5 @ And Yahweh put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said Return unto Balak, and, thus, shalt thou speak.

rotherham@Numbers:23:6 @ So he returned unto him, and lo! he was stationed by his ascending-sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

rotherham@Numbers:23:7 @ So he took up his parable and said, From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel.

rotherham@Numbers:23:8 @ How can I revile one whom GOD hath not reviled? Yea, how can I rage on one on whom Yahweh hath not raged.

rotherham@Numbers:23:9 @ Surely from the head of the rocks, do I see him, Yea, from the hills, do I observe him, Lo! a people, who alone doth dwell, And among the nations, he doth not reckon himself.

rotherham@Numbers:23:10 @ Who hath counted the dust of Jacob? Or who hath numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my hereafter be like his!

rotherham@Numbers:23:11 @ Then said Balak unto Balaam, What hast thou done for me? To revile mine enemies, I summoned thee, and lo! thou hast kept on blessing.

rotherham@Numbers:23:12 @ And he answered and said, Was it not to be so that whatsoever Yahweh should put into my mouth, the same, should I take heed to speak?

rotherham@Numbers:23:13 @ Then said Balak unto him Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see him, nothing but his utmost part, shalt thou see, but all of him, shalt thou not see, and so revile me him from thence.

rotherham@Numbers:23:14 @ And he took him to the field of Zophim, unto the head of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

rotherham@Numbers:23:15 @ Then said he to Balak, Station thyself here by thine ascending-sacrifice, while, I, meet him yonder.

rotherham@Numbers:23:16 @ And Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said Return unto Balak and thus shalt thou speak.

rotherham@Numbers:23:17 @ So he came in unto him and, there he was-stationed by his ascending-sacrifice, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Yahweh spoken?

rotherham@Numbers:23:18 @ Then took he up his parable and said, Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me son of Zippor!

rotherham@Numbers:23:19 @ GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor a son of Adam, that he should repent, Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast?

rotherham@Numbers:23:20 @ Lo! to bless, have I received, And I will bless, nor will I take it back.

rotherham@Numbers:23:21 @ He hath not discovered trouble in Jacob, Neither hath he seen wretchedness in Israel, Yahweh, his God, is with him, And, the acclaim of a king, in his midst:

rotherham@Numbers:23:22 @ GOD having brought them forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his:

rotherham@Numbers:23:23 @ Surely, there is no enchantment against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, Now, shall it be said Of Jacob and of Israel, What hath GOD wrought!

rotherham@Numbers:23:24 @ Lo, a people, like a lioness, shall rise, And like a strong lion, shall rouse himself up; He will not lie down till be eat the torn, And the blood of the slain, he drink.

rotherham@Numbers:23:25 @ Then said Balak unto Balaam, Thou shalt neither revile, him, nor bless him.

rotherham@Numbers:23:26 @ And Balaam responded, and said unto Balak, Spake I not unto thee, saying, All that Yahweh shall speak, that, must I do?

rotherham@Numbers:23:27 @ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee! let me take thee unto another place, peradventure, it may be right in the eyes of God, that thou revile me him. from thence.

rotherham@Numbers:23:28 @ So Balak took Balaam, unto the head of Peor, that looketh over the face of the Jeshimon.

rotherham@Numbers:23:29 @ And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here, seven altars, and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams.

rotherham@Numbers:23:30 @ And Balak did as Balaam said, and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

rotherham@Numbers:24:1 @ And when Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of Yahweh to bless Israel, he went not as at other times to invoke enchantments, but set towards the desert, his face.

rotherham@Numbers:24:2 @ So Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel, dwelling, according to his tribes, then came upon him the Spirit of God;

rotherham@Numbers:24:3 @ and he took up his parable, and said, The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, Yea the oracle of the man, of opened eye;

rotherham@Numbers:24:4 @ The oracle of one hearing sayings of GOD, Who the sight of the Almighty, receiveth in vision, Who falleth down but hath unveiled eyes:

rotherham@Numbers:24:5 @ How pleasing are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy habitations, O Israel:

rotherham@Numbers:24:6 @ Like ravines extended, Like gardens by a river, Like aloe-trees Yahweh hath planted, Like cedars by waters:

rotherham@Numbers:24:7 @ He poureth forth water from his buckets, And, his seed, is among many waters, And taller than Agag is his King, And exalted is his kingdom.

rotherham@Numbers:24:8 @ GOD having brought him forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his, He eateth up nations that assail him And the bones of them, he breaketh And the loins of him, he crusheth:

rotherham@Numbers:24:9 @ He hath knelthath lain down, Like a strong lion, yea like a lioness, Who shall rouse him up? Such as bless thee are each one blessed, But, such, as curse thee, are each one cursed.

rotherham@Numbers:24:10 @ Then kindled the anger of Balak against Balaam, and he smote together his hands, and Balak said unto Balaam To revile my foes, I called thee, And lo! thou hast kept on blessing, these three times.

rotherham@Numbers:24:11 @ Now, therefore, flee thou unto thy place, I said, I will, highly honour, thee; but lo! Yahweh hath kept thee back from honour.

rotherham@Numbers:24:12 @ And Balaam said unto Balak, Was it not so that even unto thy messengers whom thou didst send unto m, I spake saying-

rotherham@Numbers:24:13 @ Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, yet could I not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh, to, do good or ill, out of my own heart, what Yahweh shall speak, that, must I speak?

rotherham@Numbers:24:14 @ Now, therefore, behold me! going to my own people, Come now! let me advise thee, what this people shall do unto thy people in the after-part of the days.

rotherham@Numbers:24:15 @ So he took up his parable and said, The oracle of Balaam, son of Beer, Yea the oracle of the man, of opened eye;

rotherham@Numbers:24:16 @ The oracle of one hearing sayings of GOD, And knowing the knowledge of the Most High, Who the sight of the Almighty, receiveth in vision, Who falleth down but hath unveiled eyes:

rotherham@Numbers:24:17 @ I see One, who is not now, I observe One, who is not nigh, There hath marched forth a Star out of Jacob. And arisen a Sceptre out of Israel, That hath dishonoured the beard of Mesh, Yea the crown of the head of all the tumultuous;

rotherham@Numbers:24:18 @ So Edom hath become a possession, Yea a possession is Seir to his foes, But, Israel, is doing valiantly;

rotherham@Numbers:24:19 @ Yea One wieldeth dominion out of Jacob, Who hath destroyed the remnant out of the fortress.

rotherham@Numbers:24:20 @ And, when he saw Amalek, he took up, his parable, and said The beginning of nations, Amalek, But his latter end is even to perish.

rotherham@Numbers:24:21 @ And when he saw the Kenite, he took up hi parable, and said, Enduring thy dwelling-place, Set thou then in the crag, thy nest;

rotherham@Numbers:24:22 @ Yet shall it be for destruction, O Kain, How long shall Assyria hold thee captive?

rotherham@Numbers:24:23 @ And he took up his parable, and said, Alas who shall survive its fulfillment by GOD;

rotherham@Numbers:24:24 @ When, ships, from the coast of the isles, And humble Assyria, and humble the Hebrew, And he too, is even to perish?

rotherham@Numbers:24:25 @ Then Balaam arose, and went and returned unto his place, and, Balak also, went his way.

rotherham@Numbers:25:1 @ And Israel remained among the acacias, and the people began to go away unchastely unto the daughters of Moab;

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