04:023:011 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.
04:023:012 And he answered and said, Must I not take
heed to speak that
which
the lord hath put in my mouth?
04:023:013 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.
04:023:014 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.
04:023:015 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy
burnt offering,
while
I meet the lord yonder.
04:023:016 And the lord met Balaam, and put a
word in his mouth, and
said,
Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
04:023:017 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?
04:023:018 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise
up, Balak, and
hear;
hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
04:023:019 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?
04:023:020 Behold, I have received commandment to
bless: and he hath
blessed;
and I cannot reverse it.
04:023:021 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.
04:023:022 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath
as it were the strength
of
an unicorn.
04:023:023 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!
04:023:024 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.
04:023:025 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse
them at all, nor
bless
them at all.
04:023:026 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak,
Told not I thee,
saying,
All that the lord speaketh, that I must do?
04:023:027 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.


