KJV NUM23 with Strong's Hebrew/Greek
NUM22.htm NUM24.htm23:1 And Balaam [H1109] said [H559] unto Balak [H1111] , Build [H1129] me here seven [H7651] altars [H4196] , and prepare [H3559] me here seven [H7651] oxen [H6499] and seven [H7651] rams [H352] .
23:2 And Balak [H1111] did [H6213] as Balaam [H1109] had spoken [H1696] ; and Balak [H1111] and Balaam [H1109] offered [H5927] on [every] altar [H4196] a bullock [H6499] and a ram [H352] .
23:3 And Balaam [H1109] said [H559] unto Balak [H1111] , Stand [H3320] by thy burnt offering [H5930] , and I will go [H3212] : peradventure the LORD [H3068] will come [H7136] to meet [H7125] me: and whatsoever [H1697] he sheweth [H7200] me I will tell [H5046] thee. And he went [H3212] to an high place [H8205] .(to an: or, solitary)
23:4 And God [H430] met [H7136] Balaam [H1109] : and he said [H559] unto him, I have prepared [H6186] seven [H7651] altars [H4196] , and I have offered [H5927] upon [every] altar [H4196] a bullock [H6499] and a ram [H352] .
23:5 And the LORD [H3068] put [H7760] a word [H1697] in Balaam's [H1109] mouth [H6310] , and said [H559] , Return [H7725] unto Balak [H1111] , and thus thou shalt speak [H1696] .
23:6 And he returned [H7725] unto him, and, lo, he stood [H5324] by his burnt sacrifice [H5930] , he, and all the princes [H8269] of Moab [H4124] .
23:7 And he took up [H5375] his parable [H4912] , and said [H559] , Balak [H1111] the king [H4428] of Moab [H4124] hath brought [H5148] me from Aram [H758] , out of the mountains [H2042] of the east [H6924] , [saying], Come [H3212] , curse [H779] me Jacob [H3290] , and come [H3212] , defy [H2194] Israel [H3478] .
23:8 How [H4100] shall I curse [H5344] , whom God [H410] hath not cursed [H6895] ? or how shall I defy [H2194] , [whom] the LORD [H3068] hath not defied [H2194] ?
23:9 For from the top [H7218] of the rocks [H6697] I see [H7200] him, and from the hills [H1389] I behold [H7789] him: lo, the people [H5971] shall dwell [H7931] alone [H910] , and shall not be reckoned [H2803] among the nations [H1471] .
23:10 Who can count [H4487] the dust [H6083] of Jacob [H3290] , and the number [H4557] of the fourth [H7255] [part] of Israel [H3478] ? Let me die [H4191] [H5315] the death [H4194] of the righteous [H3477] , and let my last [H319] end be like his!(me: Heb. my soul, or, my life)
23:11 And Balak [H1111] said [H559] unto Balaam [H1109] , What hast thou done [H6213] unto me? I took [H3947] thee to curse [H6895] mine enemies [H341] , and, behold, thou hast blessed [H1288] [them] altogether [H1288] .
23:12 And he answered [H6030] and said [H559] , Must I not take heed [H8104] to speak [H1696] that which the LORD [H3068] hath put [H7760] in my mouth [H6310] ?
23:13 And Balak [H1111] said [H559] unto him, Come [H3212] , I pray thee, with me unto another [H312] place [H4725] , from whence thou mayest see [H7200] them: thou shalt see [H7200] but [H657] the utmost [H7097] part of them, and shalt not see [H7200] them all: and curse [H6895] me them from thence.
23:14 And he brought [H3947] him into the field [H7704] of Zophim [H6839] [H6822] , to the top [H7218] of Pisgah [H6449] , and built [H1129] seven [H7651] altars [H4196] , and offered [H5927] a bullock [H6499] and a ram [H352] on [every] altar [H4196] .(Pisgah: or, the hill)
23:15 And he said [H559] unto Balak [H1111] , Stand [H3320] here [H3541] by thy burnt offering [H5930] , while I meet [H7136] [the LORD] yonder [H3541] .
23:16 And the LORD [H3068] met [H7136] Balaam [H1109] , and put [H7760] a word [H1697] in his mouth [H6310] , and said [H559] , Go again [H7725] unto Balak [H1111] , and say [H1696] thus.
23:17 And when he came [H935] to him, behold, he stood [H5324] by his burnt offering [H5930] , and the princes [H8269] of Moab [H4124] with him. And Balak [H1111] said [H559] unto him, What hath the LORD [H3068] spoken [H1696] ?
23:18 And he took up [H5375] his parable [H4912] , and said [H559] , Rise up [H6965] , Balak [H1111] , and hear [H8085] ; hearken [H238] unto me, thou son [H1121] of Zippor [H6834] :
23:19 God [H410] [is] not a man [H376] , that he should lie [H3576] ; neither the son [H1121] of man [H120] , that he should repent [H5162] : hath he said [H559] , and shall he not do [H6213] [it]? or hath he spoken [H1696] , and shall he not make it good [H6965] ?
23:20 Behold, I have received [H3947] [commandment] to bless [H1288] : and he hath blessed [H1288] ; and I cannot reverse [H7725] it.
23:21 He hath not beheld [H5027] iniquity [H205] in Jacob [H3290] , neither hath he seen [H7200] perverseness [H5999] in Israel [H3478] : the LORD [H3068] his God [H430] [is] with him, and the shout [H8643] of a king [H4428] [is] among them.
23:22 God [H410] brought them out [H3318] of Egypt [H4714] ; he hath as it were the strength [H8443] of an unicorn [H7214] .
23:23 Surely [there is] no enchantment [H5173] against Jacob [H3290] , neither [is there] any divination [H7081] against Israel [H3478] : according to this time [H6256] it shall be said [H559] of Jacob [H3290] and of Israel [H3478] , What hath God [H410] wrought [H6466] !(against: or, in)
23:24 Behold, the people [H5971] shall rise up [H6965] as a great lion [H3833] , and lift up [H5375] himself as a young lion [H738] : he shall not lie down [H7901] until he eat [H398] [of] the prey [H2964] , and drink [H8354] the blood [H1818] of the slain [H2491] .
23:25 And Balak [H1111] said [H559] unto Balaam [H1109] , Neither curse [H5344] them at all [H6895] , nor bless [H1288] them at all [H1288] .
23:26 But Balaam [H1109] answered [H6030] and said [H559] unto Balak [H1111] , Told [H1696] not I thee, saying [H559] , All that the LORD [H3068] speaketh [H1696] , that I must do [H6213] ?
23:27 And Balak [H1111] said [H559] unto Balaam [H1109] , Come [H3212] , I pray thee, I will bring [H3947] thee unto another [H312] place [H4725] ; peradventure it will please [H3474] [H5869] God [H430] that thou mayest curse [H6895] me them from thence.
23:28 And Balak [H1111] brought [H3947] Balaam [H1109] unto the top [H7218] of Peor [H6465] , that looketh [H8259] toward [H6440] Jeshimon [H3452] .
23:29 And Balaam [H1109] said [H559] unto Balak [H1111] , Build [H1129] me here seven [H7651] altars [H4196] , and prepare [H3559] me here seven [H7651] bullocks [H6499] and seven [H7651] rams [H352] .
23:30 And Balak [H1111] did [H6213] as Balaam [H1109] had said [H559] , and offered [H5927] a bullock [H6499] and a ram [H352] on [every] altar [H4196] .