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 whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. 4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every 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, lo, 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 hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying , Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! 11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine 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 hath put in my mouth?
13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
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 And 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, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken? 18 And 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: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. 23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 ¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, 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 mayest curse me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh 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.
1 dixitque Balaam ad Balac aedifica mihi hic septem aras
et para totidem vitulos eiusdemque numeri arietes
2 cumque fecisset iuxta sermonem Balaam
inposuerunt simul vitulum et arietem super aram
3 dixitque Balaam ad Balac
sta paulisper iuxta holocaustum tuum donec vadam
si forte occurrat mihi Dominus
et quodcumque imperaverit loquar tibi
4 cumque abisset velociter occurrit ei Deus
locutusque ad eum Balaam
septem inquit aras erexi et inposui vitulum et arietem desuper
5 Dominus autem posuit verbum in ore eius et ait
revertere ad Balac et haec loqueris
6 reversus invenit stantem Balac iuxta holocaustum suum
et omnes principes Moabitarum
7 adsumptaque parabola sua dixit
de Aram adduxit me Balac rex Moabitarum de montibus orientis
veni inquit et maledic Iacob propera et detestare Israhel
8 quomodo maledicam cui non maledixit Deus
qua ratione detester quem Dominus non detestatur
9 de summis silicibus videbo eum et de collibus considerabo illum
populus solus habitabit et inter gentes non reputabitur
10 quis dinumerare possit pulverem Iacob
et nosse numerum stirpis Israhel
moriatur anima mea morte iustorum
et fiant novissima mea horum similia
11 dixitque Balac ad Balaam quid est hoc quod agis
ut malediceres inimicis vocavi te
et tu e contrario benedicis eis
12 cui ille respondit num aliud possum loqui nisi quod iusserit Dominus
13 dixit ergo Balac veni mecum in alterum locum
unde partem Israhelis videas et totum videre non possis
inde maledicito ei
14 cumque duxisset eum in locum sublimem super verticem montis Phasga
aedificavit Balaam septem aras
et inpositis supra vitulo atque ariete
15 dixit ad Balac
sta hic iuxta holocaustum tuum donec ego pergam obvius
16 cui cum Dominus occurrisset
posuissetque verbum in ore eius ait
revertere ad Balac et haec loqueris ei
17 reversus invenit eum stantem iuxta holocaustum suum
et principes Moabitarum cum eo
ad quem Balac quid inquit locutus est Dominus
18 at ille adsumpta parabola sua ait
sta Balac et ausculta audi fili Sepphor
19 non est Deus quasi homo ut mentiatur
nec ut filius hominis ut mutetur
dixit ergo et non faciet locutus est et non implebit
20 ad benedicendum adductus sum benedictionem prohibere non valeo
21 non est idolum in Iacob nec videtur simulacrum in Israhel
Dominus Deus eius cum eo est et clangor victoriae regis in illo
22 Deus eduxit eum de Aegypto
cuius fortitudo similis est rinocerotis
23 non est augurium in Iacob nec divinatio in Israhel
temporibus suis dicetur Iacob et Israheli
quid operatus sit Deus
24 ecce populus ut leaena consurget et quasi leo erigetur
non accubabit donec devoret praedam et occisorum sanguinem bibat
25 dixitque Balac ad Balaam nec maledicas ei nec benedicas
26 et ille nonne ait dixi tibi
quod quicquid mihi Deus imperaret hoc facerem
27 et ait Balac ad eum veni et ducam te ad alium locum
si forte placeat Deo ut inde maledicas eis
28 cumque duxisset eum super verticem montis Phogor qui respicit
solitudinem
29 dixit ei Balaam aedifica mihi hic septem aras
et para totidem vitulos eiusdemque numeri arietes
30 fecit Balac ut Balaam dixerat
inposuitque vitulos et arietes per singulas aras