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== Bamidbar (Book of Numbers), Chapter 23 ==
<named id="1"/><sup>1</sup> And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.'
<named id="2"/><sup>2</sup> And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
<named id="3"/><sup>3</sup> And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure HaShem will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height.
<named id="4"/><sup>4</sup> And G-d met Balaam; and he said unto Him: 'I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.'
<named id="5"/><sup>5</sup> And HaShem put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.'
<named id="6"/><sup>6</sup> And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
<named id="7"/><sup>7</sup> And he took up his parable, and said: From Aram Balak bringeth me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: 'Come, curse me Jacob, and come, execrate Israel.'
<named id="8"/><sup>8</sup> How shall I curse, whom G-d hath not cursed? And how shall I execrate, whom HaShem hath not execrated?
<named id="9"/><sup>9</sup> For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
<named id="10"/><sup>10</sup> Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, or numbered the stock of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let mine end be like his!
<named id="11"/><sup>11</sup> 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.'
<named id="12"/><sup>12</sup> And he answered and said: 'Must I not take heed to speak that which HaShem putteth in my mouth?'
<named id="13"/><sup>13</sup> 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.'
<named id="14"/><sup>14</sup> And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
<named id="15"/><sup>15</sup> And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'
<named id="16"/><sup>16</sup> And HaShem met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.'
<named id="17"/><sup>17</sup> And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him: 'What hath HaShem spoken?'
<named id="18"/><sup>18</sup> And he took up his parable, and said: Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear unto me, thou son of Zippor:
<named id="19"/><sup>19</sup> G-d is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: when He hath said, will He not do it? or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good?
<named id="20"/><sup>20</sup> Behold, I am bidden to bless; and when He hath blessed, I cannot call it back.
<named id="21"/><sup>21</sup> None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath one seen perverseness in Israel; HaShem his G-d is with him, and the shouting for the King is among them.
<named id="22"/><sup>22</sup> G-d who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.
<named id="23"/><sup>23</sup> For there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel; now is it said of Jacob and of Israel: 'What hath G-d wrought!'
<named id="24"/><sup>24</sup> Behold a people that riseth up as a lioness, and as a lion doth he lift himself up; he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
<named id="25"/><sup>25</sup> And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.'
<named id="26"/><sup>26</sup> But Balaam answered and said unto Balak: 'Told not I thee, saying: All that HaShem speaketh, that I must do?'
<named id="27"/><sup>27</sup> And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please G-d that thou mayest curse me them from thence.'
<named id="28"/><sup>28</sup> And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
<named id="29"/><sup>29</sup> And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.'
<named id="30"/><sup>30</sup> And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
== See also ==
* [[Bamidbar 22|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Bamidbar 23 Commentaries]]
* [[Bamidbar 24|Next Chapter]]
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Learning resources]]
[[Category:Bible]]
[[Category:Bible Contents]]
[[he:במדבר כג]]
[[1917 JPS Copyright|Portions © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant. Portions © 1998 by Larry Nelson.]]
<named id="1"/><sup>1</sup> And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.'
<named id="2"/><sup>2</sup> And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
<named id="3"/><sup>3</sup> And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure HaShem will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height.
<named id="4"/><sup>4</sup> And G-d met Balaam; and he said unto Him: 'I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.'
<named id="5"/><sup>5</sup> And HaShem put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.'
<named id="6"/><sup>6</sup> And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
<named id="7"/><sup>7</sup> And he took up his parable, and said: From Aram Balak bringeth me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: 'Come, curse me Jacob, and come, execrate Israel.'
<named id="8"/><sup>8</sup> How shall I curse, whom G-d hath not cursed? And how shall I execrate, whom HaShem hath not execrated?
<named id="9"/><sup>9</sup> For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
<named id="10"/><sup>10</sup> Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, or numbered the stock of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let mine end be like his!
<named id="11"/><sup>11</sup> 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.'
<named id="12"/><sup>12</sup> And he answered and said: 'Must I not take heed to speak that which HaShem putteth in my mouth?'
<named id="13"/><sup>13</sup> 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.'
<named id="14"/><sup>14</sup> And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
<named id="15"/><sup>15</sup> And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'
<named id="16"/><sup>16</sup> And HaShem met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.'
<named id="17"/><sup>17</sup> And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him: 'What hath HaShem spoken?'
<named id="18"/><sup>18</sup> And he took up his parable, and said: Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear unto me, thou son of Zippor:
<named id="19"/><sup>19</sup> G-d is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: when He hath said, will He not do it? or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good?
<named id="20"/><sup>20</sup> Behold, I am bidden to bless; and when He hath blessed, I cannot call it back.
<named id="21"/><sup>21</sup> None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath one seen perverseness in Israel; HaShem his G-d is with him, and the shouting for the King is among them.
<named id="22"/><sup>22</sup> G-d who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.
<named id="23"/><sup>23</sup> For there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel; now is it said of Jacob and of Israel: 'What hath G-d wrought!'
<named id="24"/><sup>24</sup> Behold a people that riseth up as a lioness, and as a lion doth he lift himself up; he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
<named id="25"/><sup>25</sup> And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.'
<named id="26"/><sup>26</sup> But Balaam answered and said unto Balak: 'Told not I thee, saying: All that HaShem speaketh, that I must do?'
<named id="27"/><sup>27</sup> And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please G-d that thou mayest curse me them from thence.'
<named id="28"/><sup>28</sup> And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
<named id="29"/><sup>29</sup> And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.'
<named id="30"/><sup>30</sup> And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
== See also ==
* [[Bamidbar 22|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Bamidbar 23 Commentaries]]
* [[Bamidbar 24|Next Chapter]]
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Learning resources]]
[[Category:Bible]]
[[Category:Bible Contents]]
[[he:במדבר כג]]
[[1917 JPS Copyright|Portions © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant. Portions © 1998 by Larry Nelson.]]
