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