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.
04:023:028 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh
toward Jeshimon.
04:023:029 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and
prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
04:023:030 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and
a ram on every altar.
04:024:001 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless
Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but
he set his face toward the wilderness.
04:024:002 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in
his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon
him.
04:024:003 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor
hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
04:024:004 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the
vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes
open:
04:024:005 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O
Israel!
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