23:22. God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros. 23:23. There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. In their times it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God hath wrought. 23:24. Behold the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. 23:25. And Balac said to Balaam: Neither curse, nor bless him. 23:26. And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do? 23:27. And Balac said to him: Come and I will bring thee to another place; if peradventure it please God that thou mayest curse them from thence. 23:28. And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness, 23:29. Balaam said to him: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams. 23:30. Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laid on every altar, a calf and a ram. Numbers Chapter 24 Balaam still continues to prophesy good things in favour of Israel. 24:1. And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel, he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert, 24:2. And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel abiding in their tents by their tribes: and the spirit of God rushing upon him, 24:3. He took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose eye is stopped up: 24:4. The hearer of the words of God hath said, he that hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes are opened: 24:5. How beautiful are thy tabernacles O Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel! 24:6. As woody valleys, as watered gardens near the rivers, as tabernacles which the Lord hath pitched, as cedars by the waterside. 24:7. Water shall flow out of his bucket, and his seed shall be in many waters. For Agag his king shall be removed, and his kingdom shall be taken away. 24:8. God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros. They shall devour the nations that are his enemies, and break their bones, and pierce them with arrows. 24:9. Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a lioness, whom none shall dare to rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall also himself be blessed: he that curseth thee shall be reckoned accursed. 24:10. And Balac being angry against Balaam, clapped his hands together and said: I called thee to curse my enemies, and thou on the contrary hast blessed them three times. 24:11. Return to thy place. I had determined indeed greatly to honour thee, but the Lord hath deprived thee of the honour designed for thee. 24:12. Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me: