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| Numbers 23:1 | And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams.` | And Balaam said to Balak, Make me here seven altars and get ready seven oxen and seven male sheep. | And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. |
| Numbers 23:2 | And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak Balaam also offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar, | And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep. | And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar. |
| Numbers 23:3 | and Balaam saith to Balak, `Station thyself by thy burnt-offering and I go on, it may be Jehovah doth come to meet me, and the thing which He sheweth me I have declared to thee;` and he goeth [to] a high place. | Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill. | And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill. |
| Numbers 23:4 | And God cometh unto Balaam, and he saith unto Him, `The seven altars I have arranged, and I offer a bullock and a ram on the altar;` | And God came to Balaam, and Balaam said to him, I have made ready seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar. | And God met Balaam; and [Balaam] said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon [each] altar. |
| Numbers 23:5 | and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.` | And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say. | And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. |
| Numbers 23:6 | And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of Moab. | So he went back to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with all the chiefs of Moab. | And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. |
| Numbers 23:7 | And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `From Aram he doth lead me Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come curse for me Jacob, And come be indignant [with] Israel. | And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel. | And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel! |
| Numbers 23:8 | What do I pierce? God hath not pierced! And what am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath not been indignant! | How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry? | How shall I curse whom ùGod hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce? |
| Numbers 23:9 | For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself. | From the top of the rocks I see him, looking down on him from the hills: it is a people made separate, not to be numbered among the nations. | 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. |
| Numbers 23:10 | Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!` | Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his! | Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his! |
| Numbers 23:11 | And Balak saith unto Balaam, `What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;` | Then Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed, and see, you have given them a blessing. | And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. |
| Numbers 23:12 | and he answereth and saith, `That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth it do I not take heed to speak?` | And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth? | And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth? |
| Numbers 23:13 | And Balak saith unto him, `Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, whence thou dost see it, only its extremity thou dost see, and all of it thou dost not see, and pierce it for me thence;` | And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there. | And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou wilt see them; thou shalt see only the extremity of them and shalt not see them all, and curse me them from thence. |
| Numbers 23:14 | and he taketh him [to] the field of Zophim, unto the top of Pisgah, and buildeth seven altars, and offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar. | So he took him into the country of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and there they made seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar. | And he took him to the watchmen's field, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar. |
| Numbers 23:15 | And he saith unto Balak, `Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I I meet [Him] there;` | Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord. | And [Balaam] said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder. |
| Numbers 23:16 | and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.` | And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say. | And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. |
| Numbers 23:17 | And he cometh unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him, and Balak saith to him: `What hath Jehovah spoken?` | So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said? | And he came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken? |
| Numbers 23:18 | And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor! | And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor: | Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor! |
| Numbers 23:19 | God [is] not a man and lieth, And a son of man and repenteth! Hath He said and doth He not do [it]? And spoken -- and doth He not confirm it? | God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth? | ùGod is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good? |
| Numbers 23:20 | Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I [can]not reverse it. | See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away. | Behold, I have received [mission] to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it. |
| Numbers 23:21 | He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God [is] with him, And a shout of a king [is] in him. | He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glad cry of a king is among them. | He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst. |
| Numbers 23:22 | God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him; | It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox. | ùGod brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo. |
| Numbers 23:23 | For no enchantment [is] against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought! | No evil power has effect against Jacob, no secret arts against Israel; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, See what God has done! | For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath ùGod wrought! |
| Numbers 23:24 | Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.` | See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death. | Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain. |
| Numbers 23:25 | And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;` | Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing. | And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. |
| Numbers 23:26 | and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, `Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh it I do?` | But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says? | And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I do? |
| Numbers 23:27 | And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God to pierce it for me from thence.` | Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there. | And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence. |
| Numbers 23:28 | And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness, | So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land. | And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste. |
| Numbers 23:29 | and Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams;` | And Balaam said to Balak, Make me seven altars here and get seven oxen and seven male sheep ready for me. | And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. |
| Numbers 23:30 | and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar. | And Balak did as Balaam said, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar. | And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar. |
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