23:1 Balaam said, 'Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 1 , Balaam said, 'Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.'
23:2 Balak did as Balaam said, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 2 , Balak did as Balaam said, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
23:3 Then Balaam said to Balak, 'Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.' Then he went off to a barren height.
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 3 , Then Balaam said to Balak, 'Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.' Then he went off to a barren height.
23:4 God met with him, and Balaam said, 'I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 4 , God met with him, and Balaam said, 'I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.'
23:5 The LORD put a message in Balaam's mouth and said, 'Go back to Balak and give him this message.'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 5 , The LORD put a message in Balaam's mouth and said, 'Go back to Balak and give him this message.'
23:6 So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the princes of Moab.
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 6 , So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the princes of Moab.
23:7 Then Balaam uttered his oracle: 'Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains. 'Come,' he said, 'curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 7 , Then Balaam uttered his oracle: 'Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains. 'Come,' he said, 'curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.'
23:8 How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 8 , How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
23:9 From the rocky peaks I see them, from the heights I view them. I see a people who live apart and do not consider themselves one of the nations.
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 9 , From the rocky peaks I see them, from the heights I view them. I see a people who live apart and do not consider themselves one of the nations.
23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and may my end be like theirs!'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 10 , Who can count the dust of Jacob or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and may my end be like theirs!'
23:11 Balak said to Balaam, 'What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 11 , Balak said to Balaam, 'What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!'
23:12 He answered, 'Must I not speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 12 , He answered, 'Must I not speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?'
23:13 Then Balak said to him, 'Come with me to another place where you can see them; you will see only a part but not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 13 , Then Balak said to him, 'Come with me to another place where you can see them; you will see only a part but not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.'
23:14 So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 14 , So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
23:15 Balaam said to Balak, 'Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 15 , Balaam said to Balak, 'Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.'
23:16 The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, 'Go back to Balak and give him this message.'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 16 , The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, 'Go back to Balak and give him this message.'
23:17 So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the princes of Moab. Balak asked him, 'What did the LORD say?'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 17 , So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the princes of Moab. Balak asked him, 'What did the LORD say?'
23:18 Then he uttered his oracle: 'Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor.
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 18 , Then he uttered his oracle: 'Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor.
23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 19 , God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
23:20 I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 20 , I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.
23:21 'No misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; the shout of the King is among them.
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 21 , 'No misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; the shout of the King is among them.
23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 22 , God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.
23:23 There is no sorcery against Jacob, no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, 'See what God has done!'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 23 , There is no sorcery against Jacob, no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, 'See what God has done!'
23:24 The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion that does not rest till he devours his prey and drinks the blood of his victims.'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 24 , The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion that does not rest till he devours his prey and drinks the blood of his victims.'
23:25 Then Balak said to Balaam, 'Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 25 , Then Balak said to Balaam, 'Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!'
23:26 Balaam answered, 'Did I not tell you I must do whatever the LORD says?'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 26 , Balaam answered, 'Did I not tell you I must do whatever the LORD says?'
23:27 Then Balak said to Balaam, 'Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 27 , Then Balak said to Balaam, 'Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.'
23:28 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, overlooking the wasteland.
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 28 , And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, overlooking the wasteland.
23:29 Balaam said, 'Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.'
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 29 , Balaam said, 'Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.'
23:30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
The NIV Book of Numbers , Chapter 23 , Verse 30 , Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
