Numbers:23-24

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bbe @Numbers:23:1 @And Balaam said to Balak , Make me here seven altars and get ready seven oxen and seven male sheep . bbe @Numbers:23:2 @And Balak did as Balaam had said ; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep . bbe @Numbers:23:3 @Then Balaam said to Balak , Take your place by your burned offering , and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me : and I will give you word of whatever he says to me . And he went to an open place on a hill . bbe @Numbers:23:4 @And God came to Balaam , and Balaam said to him , I have made ready seven altars , offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar . bbe @Numbers:23:5 @And the Lord put words in Balaam 's mouth , and said , Go back to Balak , and this is what you are to say . bbe @Numbers:23:6 @So he went back to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with all the chiefs of Moab . bbe @Numbers:23:7 @And in the words which the Lord had given him he said , From Aram Balak has sent for me , the king of Moab from the mountains of the East : come , put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel . bbe @Numbers:23:8 @How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God ? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry ? bbe @Numbers:23:9 @From the top of the rocks I see him , looking down on him from the hills : it is a people made separate , not to be numbered among the nations . bbe @Numbers:23:10 @Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel ? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his ! bbe @Numbers:23:11 @Then Balak said to Balaam , What have you done to me ? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed , and see , you have given them a blessing . bbe @Numbers:23:12 @And in answer he said , Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth ? bbe @Numbers:23:13 @And Balak said to him , Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all , but only the outskirts of them ; and you will send curses on them from there . bbe @Numbers:23:14 @So he took him into the country of Zophim , to the top of Pisgah , and there they made seven altars , offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar . bbe @Numbers:23:15 @Then he said to Balak , Take your place here by your burned offering , while I go over there to the Lord . bbe @Numbers:23:16 @And the Lord came to Balaam , and put words in his mouth , and said , Go back to Balak , and this is what you are to say . bbe @Numbers:23:17 @So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side . And Balak said to him , What has the Lord said ? bbe @Numbers:23:18 @And in the words which the Lord had given him he said , Up ! Balak , and give ear ; give attention to me , O son of Zippor : bbe @Numbers:23:19 @God is not a man , to say what is false ; or the son of man , that his purpose may be changed : what he has said , will he not do ? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth ? bbe @Numbers:23:20 @See , I have had orders to give blessing : and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away . bbe @Numbers:23:21 @He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel : the Lord his God is with him , and the glad cry of a king is among them . bbe @Numbers:23:22 @It is God who has taken them out of Egypt ; his horns are like those of the mountain ox . bbe @Numbers:23:23 @No evil power has effect against Jacob , no secret arts against Israel ; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel , See what God has done ! bbe @Numbers:23:24 @See , Israel comes up like a she-lion , lifting himself up like a lion : he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome , drinking the blood of those he has put to death . bbe @Numbers:23:25 @Then Balak said to Balaam , If you will not put a curse on them , at all events do not give them a blessing . bbe @Numbers:23:26 @But Balaam in answer said to Balak , Did I not say to you , I may only do what the Lord says ? bbe @Numbers:23:27 @Then Balak said to Balaam , Come now , I will take you to another place ; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there . bbe @Numbers:23:28 @So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor , looking down over the waste land . bbe @Numbers:23:29 @And Balaam said to Balak , Make me seven altars here and get seven oxen and seven male sheep ready for me . bbe @Numbers:23:30 @And Balak did as Balaam said , offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar . bbe @Numbers:24:1 @Now when Balaam saw that it was the Lord 's pleasure to give his blessing to Israel , he did not , as at other times , make use of secret arts , but turning his face to the waste land , bbe @Numbers:24:2 @And lifting up his eyes , he saw Israel there , with their tents in the order of their tribes : and the spirit of God came on him . bbe @Numbers:24:3 @And moved by the spirit , he said , These are the words of Balaam , son of Beor , the words of the man whose eyes are open : bbe @Numbers:24:4 @He says , whose ears are open to the words of God , who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all , falling down , but having his eyes open : bbe @Numbers:24:5 @How fair are your tents , O Jacob , your houses , O Israel ! bbe @Numbers:24:6 @They are stretched out like valleys , like gardens by the riverside , like flowering trees planted by the Lord , like cedar-trees by the waters . bbe @Numbers:24:7 @Peoples will be in fear before his strength , his arm will be on great nations : his king will be higher than Agag , and his kingdom made great in honour . bbe @Numbers:24:8 @It is God who has taken him out of Egypt ; his horns are like those of the mountain ox ; the nations warring against him will be his food , their bones will be broken , they will be wounded with his arrows . bbe @Numbers:24:9 @He took his sleep stretched out like a lion , and like a she-lion : by whom will his rest be broken ? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing , and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed . bbe @Numbers:24:10 @Then Balak was full of wrath against Balaam , and angrily waving his hands he said to Balaam , I sent for you so that those who are against me might be cursed , but now , see , three times you have given them a blessing . bbe @Numbers:24:11 @Go back quickly to the place you came from : it was my purpose to give you a place of honour , but now the Lord has kept you back from honour . bbe @Numbers:24:12 @Then Balaam said to Balak , Did I not say to the men you sent to me , bbe @Numbers:24:13 @Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold , it would not be possible for me to go outside the orders of the Lord , doing good or evil at the impulse of my mind ; whatever the Lord says I will say ? bbe @Numbers:24:14 @So now I will go back to my people : but first let me make clear to you what this people will do to your people in days to come . bbe @Numbers:24:15 @Then he went on with his story and said , These are the words of Balaam , the son of Beor , the words of him whose eyes are open : bbe @Numbers:24:16 @He says , whose ear is open to the words of God , who has knowledge of the Most High , who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all , falling down and having his eyes open : bbe @Numbers:24:17 @I see him , but not now : looking on him , but not near : a star will come out of Jacob , and a rod of authority out of Israel , sending destruction to the farthest limits of Moab and on the head of all the sons of Sheth . bbe @Numbers:24:18 @Edom will be his heritage , and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir . bbe @Numbers:24:19 @And Israel will go on in strength , and Jacob will have rule over his haters . bbe @Numbers:24:20 @Then , turning his eyes to Amalek , he went on with his story and said , Amalek was the first of the nations , but his part will be destruction for ever bbe @Numbers:24:21 @And looking on the Kenites he went on with his story and said , Strong is your living-place , and your secret place is safe in the rock . bbe @Numbers:24:22 @But still the Kenites will be wasted , till Asshur takes you away prisoner . bbe @Numbers:24:23 @Then he went on with his story and said , But who may keep his life when God does this ? bbe @Numbers:24:24 @But ships will come from the direction of Kittim , troubling Asshur and troubling Eber , and like the others their fate will be destruction . bbe @Numbers:24:25 @Then Balaam got up and went back to his place : and Balak went away . bbe @Numbers:25:1 @Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord , doing evil with the daughters of Moab :

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