1 GLT And Balaam said to Balak,“Build for me in this place seven altars, and prepare for me in this place seven bulls and seven rams.” BSB BSB: Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
2 GLT And Balak did just as Balaam had said, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on the altar. BSB BSB: So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
3 GLT And Balaam said to Balak,“Station yourself beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps Yahweh will be met to meet me, and I will declare to you the word of what he shows me.” And he went to a bare high place. BSB BSB: “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,
4 GLT And God met with Balaam, and he said to him,“I have arranged seven altars and offered up a bull and a ram on the altar.” BSB BSB: and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
5 GLT And Yahweh put a word in the mouth of Balaam and said,“Return to Balak and speak thus.” BSB BSB: Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
6 GLT And he returned to him, and behold, he was stationed beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab. BSB BSB: So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.
7 GLT And he lifted up his oracle and said,“Balak has led me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east.‘Go curse Jacob for me, and go denounce Israel.’ BSB BSB: And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
8 GLT How can I curse? God has not cursed. And how can I denounce? Yahweh has not denounced. BSB BSB: How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
9 GLT For from the head of the rocks I see him. And from the hills I look at him. Behold, the people dwells by itself and it does not reckon itself among the nations. BSB BSB: For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
10 GLT Who can count the dust of Jacob or number the fourth part of Israel? Let my life die the death of the upright ones, and let my end be like his!” BSB BSB: Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
11 GLT And Balak said to Balaam,“What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed indeed!” BSB BSB: Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”
12 GLT And he answered and said,“Should I not be careful to speak it that Yahweh puts in my mouth?” BSB BSB: But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
13 GLT And Balak said to him,“Please go with me to another place from which you can see him. You will only see his edge, and you will not see all of him, and you will curse him for me from there.” BSB BSB: Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”
14 GLT And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the head of the Pisgah, and he built seven altars and offered up a bull and a ram on the altar. BSB BSB: So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
15 GLT Then he said to Balak,“Station yourself here beside your burnt offering, and I will be met with there.” BSB BSB: Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”
16 GLT And Yahweh met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and he said,“Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” BSB BSB: And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
17 GLT And he came to him, and behold, he was stationed beside his altar, and the leaders of Moab were with him; and Balak said to him,“What did Yahweh speak?” BSB BSB: So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.
18 GLT And he lifted up his oracle and said,“Rise up, Balak, and listen. Give ear to me, son of Zippor. BSB BSB: Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
19 GLT God is not a man, that he would lie, Or a son of mankind, that he would change his mind. Has he said and not done, Or spoken and not made it arise? BSB BSB: God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
20 GLT Behold, I have received to bless. And he has blessed, and I cannot turn it back. BSB BSB: I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
21 GLT He has not looked at hardship in Jacob and he has not seen trouble in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him, and the shout of the king is with him. BSB BSB: He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
22 GLT God is bringing them out from Egypt like the horns of a wild ox for him. BSB BSB: God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
23 GLT For there is no omen against Jacob, and no divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel,‘What God has done!’ BSB BSB: For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
24 GLT Look, a people rises like a lioness, and like a lion he lifts himself up. He will not lie down until he eats prey and drinks the blood of the pierced ones.” BSB BSB: Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
25 GLT And Balak said to Balaam,“Even do not curse him at all! Also, do not bless him at all!” BSB BSB: Now Balak said to Balaam, “Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
26 GLT And Balaam answered and said to Balak,“Did I not speak to you, saying,‘All that Yahweh speaks, it I must do?’” BSB BSB: But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”
27 GLT And Balak said to Balaam,“Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will be right in the eyes of God, and you will curse him for me from there.” BSB BSB: “Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”
28 GLT And Balak took Balaam to the head of the Peor, looking down on the face of the wasteland. BSB BSB: And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
29 GLT And Balaam said to Balak,“Build for me in this place seven altars and prepare for me in this place seven bulls and seven rams.” BSB BSB: Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
30 GLT And Balak did just as Balaam had said, and he offered up a bull and a ram on the altar. BSB BSB: So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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