Numbers 23:19-30 ▼

19 God [is] not a man—and lies, || And a son of man—and relents! Has He said—and He does not do [it]? And spoken—and He does not confirm it?

20 Behold, I have received [only] to bless; Indeed, He blesses, and I cannot reverse it.

21 He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, || Nor has He seen perverseness in Israel; His God YHWH [is] with him, || And a shout of a king [is] in him.

22 God is bringing them out from Egypt, || As the swiftness of a wild ox for him;

23 For no enchantment [is] against Jacob, || Nor divination against Israel; At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, || O what God has worked!

24 Behold, the people rises as a lioness, || And he lifts himself up as a lion; He does not lie down until he eats prey, || And drinks blood of pierced ones.”

25 And Balak says to Balaam, “Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all”;

26 and Balaam answers and says to Balak, “Have I not spoken to you, saying, All that YHWH speaks—I do it?”

27 And Balak says to Balaam, “Please come, I take you to another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God to pierce it for me from there.”

28 And Balak takes Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,

29 and Balaam says to Balak, “Build seven altars for me in this [place], and prepare seven bullocks and seven rams for me in this [place]”;

30 and Balak does as Balaam said, and he offers a bullock and a ram on an altar.