ABP - Numbers - 23

23:1  And Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven shrines, and prepare for me here seven calves, and seven rams!

23:2  And Balak did in which manner [2said 3to him 1Balaam]. And he offered a calf and ram upon the shrine.

23:3  And Balaam said to Balak, You stand beside your sacrifice! and I shall go and see if [5me 2shall appear 1God 3to 4meet with]. And the saying which ever he shall show to me I shall announce to you. And he went straight.

23:4  And God appeared to Balaam. And [2said 3to 4him 1Balaam], The seven shrines I prepared, and I brought a calf and ram unto the shrine.

23:5  And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and he said, Turning towards Balak thus you shall speak.

23:6  And he returned to him, and thus he stood over his whole burnt-offerings, and all the rulers of Moab with him.

23:7  And taking up his parable, he said, From out of Mesopotamia [4fetched 5me 1Balak 2king 3of Moab], out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come curse for me Jacob! and, Come accurse to me Israel!

23:8  How shall I curse whom [2does not 3curse 1the lord]? And how shall I imprecate maledictions upon whom [2does not 3imprecate maledictions upon 1God]?

23:9  For from the top of mountains I shall see him; and from hills I shall pay attention to him. Behold, a people [2alone 1shall dwell], and among nations they shall not be reckoned together.

23:10  Who determined exactly the seed of Jacob, and who shall count out peoples of Israel? May [2die 1my soul] among souls of the just, and may [2become 1my seed] as the seed of this.

23:11  And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? For a curse for my enemies I have called you, and behold, you have blessed a blessing.

23:12  And Balaam said to Balak, Is it not as many things as God should put in my mouth this I will guard to speak?

23:13  And [2said 3to 4him 1Balak], Come yet with me to [2place 1another] of which you shall not see it from there, but only a certain part of it shall you see, [4all 1but 2in no way 3should you see], and you curse it for me from there!

23:14  And he took him into a field -- a height upon the top of a place for dressing stone; and he built there seven shrines, and brought a calf and ram unto the shrine.

23:15  And Balaam said to Balak, Stand beside your sacrifice! and I shall go to ask God.

23:16  And God met with Balaam, and he put a word into his mouth. And said, Return to Balak! and thus you shall speak.

23:17  And he returned to him. And thus he was standing beside his whole burnt-offering, and the rulers of Moab with him. And [2said 3to him 1Balak], What said the lord?

23:18  And taking up his parable, he said, Rise up, O Balak, and hear! Give ear, O witness son of Zippor!

23:19  [2is not 3as 4a man 1God] to waver, nor as a son of man to be threatened. He in speaking, shall he not do? Shall he speak, and not adhere to?

23:20  Behold, [2to bless 1I have taken to myself]. I will bless and in no way shall I turn back.

23:21  There shall not be trouble in Jacob, nor shall [2appear 1misery] in Israel. The lord his God is with him, the honorable ones of the rulers are with him.

23:22  God was the one leading him out of Egypt; as the glory of his unicorn.

23:23  [3no 1For 2there is] omen in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. In time it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what [2shall complete 1God].

23:24  Behold, the people as a cub shall raise up, and as a lion it shall prance; It shall not go to sleep until it shall eat game, and the blood of the slain it shall drink.

23:25  And Balak said to Balaam, Neither in curses shall you curse him, nor blessings shall you bless him.

23:26  And Balaam answering said to Balak, Did I not speak to you, saying, The word which ever God should speak, this I will do?

23:27  And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I should take you unto [2place 1another], if it should please God, and curse him for me from there!

23:28  And Balak took Balaam upon the top of Peor, the part extending into the wilderness.

23:29  And Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven shrines, and prepare for me here seven calves, and seven rams!

23:30  And Balak did just as [2said 3to him 1Balaam], and he bore a calf and a ram unto the shrine.