Verse 27
Numbers 23:27
English Revised Version
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And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God (Elohim) that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר בָּלָק֙ אֶל בִּלְעָ֔ם לְכָ/ה נָּא֙ אֶקָּ֣חֲ/ךָ֔ אֶל מָק֖וֹם אַחֵ֑ר אוּלַ֤י יִישַׁר֙ בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְ/קַבֹּ֥ת/וֹ לִ֖/י מִ/שָּֽׁם
English Translation
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 he will curse for me from there."
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Chapter 23 Context
1
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven...
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And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
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3
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will c...
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4
And God (Elohim) met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offe...
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5
And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
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6
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
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7
And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mou...
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8
How shall I curse, whom God (Elohim) hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not d...
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9
For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dw...
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10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the ri...
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11
And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, beh...
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12
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD putteth in my mouth?
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13
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see...
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14
And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered...
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15
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
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16
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt th...
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17
And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And B...
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18
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
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19
God (Elohim) is not a man, that he should lie; Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath h...
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20
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
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21
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: The LORD his God...
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22
God (Elohim) bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.
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23
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob, Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it...
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24
Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie d...
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25
And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
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26
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I...
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27
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will plea...
28
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
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29
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven...
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30
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
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