¹ And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

² And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram.

³ And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell thee. And thus he went alone.

⁴ And God met Balaam; and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon [each] altar a bullock and a ram.

⁵ And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

⁶ And he returned unto him, and, behold, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he and all the princes of Moab.

⁷ And he took up his parable and said, Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob and come, denounce Israel.

⁸ Why should I curse one whom God has not cursed? And why should I denounce one whom the LORD has not denounced?

⁹ For from the top of the rocks I have seen him, and from the hills I beheld him; behold, a people that shall dwell in confidence and shall not be counted among the Gentiles.

¹⁰ Who shall count the dust of Jacob and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

¹¹ Then Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed [them] altogether.

¹² And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD has put in my mouth?

¹³ And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from which thou may see them; thou hast seen but the utmost part of them and hast not seen them all; and from there thou shalt curse them for me.

¹⁴ And he brought him into the field of Zophim to the top of Pisgah and built seven altars and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.

¹⁵ Then he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet [the] LORD yonder.

¹⁶ And the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said unto him, Go again unto Balak and say thus.

¹⁷ And he came unto him, and behold, he stood by his burnt offering and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What has the LORD spoken?

¹⁸ Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

¹⁹ God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent; he said and shall he not do [it]? He spoke and shall he not execute it?

²⁰ Behold, I have received blessing; and he has blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

²¹ He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen rebellion in Israel; the LORD his God [is] with him, and the battle-cry of a king [is] in him.

²² God brought them out of Egypt; he has, as it were the strength of a unicorn.

²³ Because there is no enchantment in Jacob, neither [is there] any divination in Israel. According to this time, it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What God has made!

²⁴ Behold the people, who shall rise up as a great lion and lift up himself as a young lion; he shall not lie down until he eats [of] the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.

²⁵ Then Balak said unto Balaam, Now that you do not curse them, do not bless them either.

²⁶ Then Balaam said unto Balak, Did I not tell thee that all that the LORD says unto me, that I must do?

²⁷ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou may curse them for me from there.

²⁸ And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looks toward Jeshimon.

²⁹ And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

³⁰ And Balak did as Balaam had said and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.: