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World English Bible

Numbers 23 (WEBP)

[1] Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
[2] Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
[3] Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” He went to a bare height.
[4] God met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.”
[5] Yahweh put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
[6] He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
[7] He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
[8] How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?
[9] For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations.
[10] Who can count the dust of Jacob, or count the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!”
[11] Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether.”
[12] He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?”
[13] Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, where you may see them. You shall see just part of them, and shall not see them all. Curse them from there for me.”
[14] He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
[15] He said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet God over there.”
[16] Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.”
[17] He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, “What has Yahweh spoken?”
[18] He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
[19] God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good?
[20] Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.
[21] He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.
[22] God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
[23] Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’
[24] Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”
[25] Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.”
[26] But Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do’?”
[27] Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
[28] Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
[29] Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”
[30] Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Numbers 23 (KJVS)

[1] And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
[2] And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
[3] And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
[4] And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
[5] And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
[6] And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
[7] And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, Out of the mountains of the east, Saying, Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
[8] How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? Or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
[9] For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, the people shall dwell alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
[10] Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
[11] 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.
[12] And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?
[13] 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.
[14] 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.
[15] And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.
[16] And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
[17] 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?
[18] And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
[19] 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?
[20] Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
[21] 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.
[22] God brought them out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
[23] 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!
[24] 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.
[25] And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
[26] But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?
[27] 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.
[28] And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
[29] And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
[30] And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Numbers 23:3 Or, he went solitary
Numbers 23:10 Heb. my soul, or my life
Numbers 23:14 Or, the hill
Numbers 23:23 Or, in

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Numbers 23 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Βαλααμ () τῷ () Βαλακ () Οἰκοδόμησόν () μοι () ἐνταῦθα ἑπτὰ () βωμοὺς () καὶ () ἑτοίμασόν () μοι () ἐνταῦθα ἑπτὰ () μόσχους () καὶ () ἑπτὰ () κριούς.
[2] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () Βαλακ () ὃν () τρόπον () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Βαλααμ, () καὶ () ἀνήνεγκεν () μόσχον () καὶ () κριὸν ἐπὶ () τὸν () βωμόν. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Βαλααμ () πρὸς () Βαλακ () Παράστηθι () ἐπὶ () τῆς () θυσίας () σου, () καὶ () πορεύσομαι, () εἴ () μοι () φανεῖται () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐν () συναντήσει, () καὶ () ῥῆμα, () ὃ () ἐάν () μοι () δείξῃ, () ἀναγγελῶ () σοι. () Καὶ () παρέστη () Βαλακ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () θυσίας () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () Βαλααμ () ἐπορεύθη () ἐπερωτῆσαι () τὸν () θεὸν () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () εὐθεῖαν. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐφάνη () ὁ () θεὸς () τῷ () Βαλααμ, () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () Βαλααμ () Τοὺς () ἑπτὰ () βωμοὺς () ἡτοίμασα () καὶ () ἀνεβίβασα () μόσχον () καὶ () κριὸν ἐπὶ () τὸν () βωμόν. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἐνέβαλεν () ὁ () θεὸς () ῥῆμα () εἰς () τὸ () στόμα () Βαλααμ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἐπιστραφεὶς () πρὸς () Βαλακ () οὕτως () λαλήσεις. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἀπεστράφη () πρὸς () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ὅδε () ἐφειστήκει () ἐπὶ () τῶν () ὁλοκαυτωμάτων () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () πάντες () οἱ () ἄρχοντες () Μωαβ μετ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () πνεῦμα () θεοῦ () ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () ἀναλαβὼν () τὴν () παραβολὴν () αὐτοῦ () εἶπεν () Ἐκ () Μεσοποταμίας () μετεπέμψατό () με () Βαλακ, () βασιλεὺς () Μωαβ ἐξ () ὀρέων () ἀπ’ () ἀνατολῶν () λέγων () Δεῦρο () ἄρασαί μοι () τὸν () Ιακωβ () καὶ () δεῦρο () ἐπικατάρασαί μοι () τὸν () Ισραηλ. ()
[8] Τί () ἀράσωμαι ὃν () μὴ () καταρᾶται () κύριος, () ἢ () τί () καταράσωμαι () ὃν () μὴ () καταρᾶται () ὁ () θεός; ()
[9] Ὅτι () ἀπὸ () κορυφῆς ὀρέων () ὄψομαι () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἀπὸ () βουνῶν () προσνοήσω αὐτόν. () Ἰδοὺ () λαὸς () μόνος () κατοικήσει () καὶ () ἐν () ἔθνεσιν () οὐ () συλλογισθήσεται. ()
[10] Τίς () ἐξηκριβάσατο τὸ () σπέρμα () Ιακωβ, () καὶ () τίς () ἐξαριθμήσεται δήμους () Ισραηλ; () Ἀποθάνοι () ἡ () ψυχή () μου () ἐν () ψυχαῖς () δικαίων, () καὶ () γένοιτο () τὸ () σπέρμα () μου () ὡς () τὸ () σπέρμα () τούτων. ()
[11] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Βαλακ () πρὸς () Βαλααμ () Τί () πεποίηκάς () μοι; () Εἰς () κατάρασιν ἐχθρῶν () μου () κέκληκά () σε, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () εὐλόγηκας () εὐλογίαν. ()
[12] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Βαλααμ () πρὸς () Βαλακ () Οὐχὶ () ὅσα () ἐὰν () ἐμβάλῃ () ὁ () θεὸς () εἰς () τὸ () στόμα () μου, () τοῦτο () φυλάξω () λαλῆσαι; ()
[13] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () Βαλακ () Δεῦρο () ἔτι () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ () εἰς () τόπον () ἄλλον, () ἐξ () ὧν () οὐκ () ὄψῃ () αὐτὸν () ἐκεῖθεν, () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () μέρος () τι () αὐτοῦ () ὄψῃ, () πάντας () δὲ () οὐ () μὴ () ἴδῃς, () καὶ () κατάρασαί () μοι () αὐτὸν () ἐκεῖθεν. ()
[14] Καὶ () παρέλαβεν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () ἀγροῦ () σκοπιὰν ἐπὶ () κορυφὴν λελαξευμένου καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () ἐκεῖ () ἑπτὰ () βωμοὺς () καὶ () ἀνεβίβασεν () μόσχον () καὶ () κριὸν ἐπὶ () τὸν () βωμόν. ()
[15] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Βαλααμ () πρὸς () Βαλακ () Παράστηθι () ἐπὶ () τῆς () θυσίας () σου, () ἐγὼ () δὲ () πορεύσομαι () ἐπερωτῆσαι () τὸν () θεόν. ()
[16] Καὶ () συνήντησεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τῷ () Βαλααμ () καὶ () ἐνέβαλεν () ῥῆμα () εἰς () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἀποστράφητι () πρὸς () Βαλακ () καὶ () τάδε () λαλήσεις. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἀπεστράφη () πρὸς () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ὅδε () ἐφειστήκει () ἐπὶ () τῆς () ὁλοκαυτώσεως αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () πάντες () οἱ () ἄρχοντες () Μωαβ μετ’ () αὐτοῦ. () Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Βαλακ () Τί () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος; ()
[18] Καὶ () ἀναλαβὼν () τὴν () παραβολὴν () αὐτοῦ () εἶπεν () Ἀνάστηθι, () Βαλακ, () καὶ () ἄκουε· () ἐνώτισαι () μάρτυς, () υἱὸς () Σεπφωρ.
[19] Οὐχ () ὡς () ἄνθρωπος () ὁ () θεὸς () διαρτηθῆναι οὐδὲ () ὡς () υἱὸς () ἀνθρώπου () ἀπειληθῆναι· () αὐτὸς () εἴπας () οὐχὶ () ποιήσει; () Λαλήσει, () καὶ () οὐχὶ () ἐμμενεῖ; ()
[20] Ἰδοὺ () εὐλογεῖν () παρείλημμαι· () εὐλογήσω () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἀποστρέψω. ()
[21] Οὐκ () ἔσται () μόχθος () ἐν () Ιακωβ, () οὐδὲ () ὀφθήσεται () πόνος () ἐν () Ισραηλ· () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () αὐτοῦ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ, () τὰ () ἔνδοξα () ἀρχόντων () ἐν () αὐτῷ. ()
[22] Θεὸς () ὁ () ἐξαγαγὼν () αὐτοὺς () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου· () ὡς () δόξα () μονοκέρωτος αὐτῷ. ()
[23] Οὐ () γάρ () ἐστιν () οἰωνισμὸς ἐν () Ιακωβ () οὐδὲ () μαντεία ἐν () Ισραηλ· () κατὰ () καιρὸν () ῥηθήσεται () Ιακωβ () καὶ () τῷ () Ισραηλ, () τί () ἐπιτελέσει () ὁ () θεός. ()
[24] Ἰδοὺ () λαὸς () ὡς () σκύμνος ἀναστήσεται () καὶ () ὡς () λέων () γαυριωθήσεται· οὐ () κοιμηθήσεται, () ἕως () φάγῃ () θήραν, () καὶ () αἷμα () τραυματιῶν πίεται. ()
[25] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Βαλακ () πρὸς () Βαλααμ () Οὔτε () κατάραις () καταράσῃ () μοι () αὐτὸν () οὔτε () εὐλογῶν () μὴ () εὐλογήσῃς () αὐτόν. ()
[26] Καὶ () ἀποκριθεὶς () Βαλααμ () εἶπεν () τῷ () Βαλακ () Οὐκ () ἐλάλησά () σοι () λέγων () Τὸ () ῥῆμα, () ὃ () ἐὰν () λαλήσῃ () ὁ () θεός, () τοῦτο () ποιήσω; ()
[27] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Βαλακ () πρὸς () Βαλααμ () Δεῦρο () παραλάβω () σε () εἰς () τόπον () ἄλλον, () εἰ () ἀρέσει () τῷ () θεῷ () καὶ () κατάρασαί () μοι () αὐτὸν () ἐκεῖθεν. ()
[28] Καὶ () παρέλαβεν () Βαλακ () τὸν () Βαλααμ () ἐπὶ () κορυφὴν τοῦ () Φογωρ τὸ () παρατεῖνον () εἰς () τὴν () ἔρημον. ()
[29] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Βαλααμ () πρὸς () Βαλακ () Οἰκοδόμησόν () μοι () ὧδε () ἑπτὰ () βωμοὺς () καὶ () ἑτοίμασόν () μοι () ὧδε () ἑπτὰ () μόσχους () καὶ () ἑπτὰ () κριούς.
[30] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () Βαλακ () καθάπερ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Βαλααμ, () καὶ () ἀνήνεγκεν () μόσχον () καὶ () κριὸν ἐπὶ () τὸν () βωμόν. ()

Numbers 23:27 Corrected from καταρᾶσαί, as seen in RH and SW. The aorist middle imperative κατάρασαι is accented on the third syllable from the end, and the enclitic μοι after it adds a second acute. This edition prints the same command, κατάρασαί μοι αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν, at .

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.