Thematic Bible
Numbers 23:1 (show verse)
He said to Balak: Build seven altars here for me. Then bring me seven bulls and seven rams.
Numbers 23:2 (show verse)
Balak did as he was told. He and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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Numbers 23:3 (show verse)
Then Balaam said to Balak: Stand here by your burnt offering. I will go to see whether or not Jehovah will meet me. I will tell you what he reveals to me. So he went alone to the top of a hill.
Numbers 23:4 (show verse)
God met him and Balaam said to God: I have built the seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each.
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Numbers 23:5 (show verse)
Jehovah told Balaam: Go back to Balak and give him my message.
Numbers 23:6 (show verse)
He went back to Balak and found him standing beside his burnt offering with all the princes of Moab.
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Numbers 23:7 (show verse)
Balaam delivered this message: Balak brought me from Aram. The king of Moab summoned me from the eastern mountains. Come and curse Jacob for me, he said. 'Come and condemn Israel.
Numbers 23:8 (show verse)
How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I condemn those whom Jehovah has not condemned?
Numbers 23:9 (show verse)
I see them from the top of rocky cliffs. I look at them from the hills. I see a nation that lives by itself! These are people who do not consider themselves to be like other nations.
Numbers 23:10 (show verse)
The descendants of Jacob are like specks of dust. Who can count them or number even one-fourth of the people of Israel? Let me die the death of innocent people. Let my end be like theirs.'
Numbers 23:11 (show verse)
Balak responded to Balaam: What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, but all you have done is bless them!
Numbers 23:12 (show verse)
Balaam answered: I must say what Jehovah tells me to say.
Numbers 23:13 (show verse)
Balak said: Please come with me to another place, where you can see the Israelites. You will see only some of them, not all of them. Curse them for me from there.
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Numbers 23:14 (show verse)
So he took him to the Field of Zophim on top of Mount Pisgah. He built seven altars there. He offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Numbers 23:15 (show verse)
Then Balaam said to Balak: Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet with God over there.
Numbers 23:16 (show verse)
Jehovah met Balaam and told him what to say. He sent him back to Balak to give him his message.
Numbers 23:17 (show verse)
So he returned and found Balak still standing by his burnt offering. He was with the leaders of Moab. Balak asked what Jehovah said.
Numbers 23:18 (show verse)
Balaam uttered this prophecy: Come, Balak son of Zippor, and listen to what I have to say.
Numbers 23:19 (show verse)
God is a not man that he should lie. He is not a son of man who changes his mind. Does he ever promise and not fulfill? Does he ever speak and not act?
Numbers 23:20 (show verse)
I have been instructed to bless. And when God blesses, I cannot call it back.
Numbers 23:21 (show verse)
He has not observed wickedness in Jacob. Nor has he seen trouble in Israel! Jehovah his God is with him and the shout of a king is among them.
Numbers 23:22 (show verse)
God brings them out of Egypt. He is for them like the horns of the wild bull.
Numbers 23:23 (show verse)
For there is omen (spell) against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel. At the proper time it will be said to Jacob and Israel: What God has done!
Numbers 23:24 (show verse)
Behold, the nation of Israel! It is like a mighty lion: It will rise and not lie down again until it has torn and devoured it's pray. It will drink the blood of those it has killed.
Numbers 23:25 (show verse)
Balak said to Balaam: You refuse to curse (malign) the people of Israel, but at least do not bless them!
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Numbers 23:26 (show verse)
Balaam answered: Did I not tell you that I must do everything Jehovah tells me?
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Numbers 23:27 (show verse)
Balak replied: Come with me. I will take you to another place. Perhaps God will be willing to let you curse them for me from there.
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Numbers 23:28 (show verse)
So he took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor overlooking the desert.
Numbers 23:29 (show verse)
Balaam said to him: Build seven altars for me here and bring me seven bulls and seven rams.
Numbers 23:30 (show verse)
Balak did as he was told. He offered a bull and a ram on each altar.