Verse 7
Numbers 23:7
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
7
And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖/וֹ וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר מִן אֲ֠רָם יַנְחֵ֨/נִי בָלָ֤ק מֶֽלֶךְ מוֹאָב֙ מֵֽ/הַרְרֵי קֶ֔דֶם לְכָ/ה֙ אָֽרָ/ה לִּ֣/י יַעֲקֹ֔ב וּ/לְכָ֖/ה זֹעֲמָ֥/ה יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And he took up a parable and said, “From Aram, Balak has brought me, the king of Moab, from the mountains of the east: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel.’”
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 23 Context
1
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven...
Focus ↗
2
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
Focus ↗
3
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will co...
Focus ↗
4
And God (Elohim) met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offe...
Focus ↗
5
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Focus ↗
6
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of...
Focus ↗
7
And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mou...
8
How shall I curse, whom God (Elohim) hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not de...
Focus ↗
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...
Focus ↗
10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the ri...
Focus ↗
11
And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, beh...
Focus ↗
12
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?
Focus ↗
13
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see...
Focus ↗
14
And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered...
Focus ↗
15
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.
Focus ↗
16
And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt tho...
Focus ↗
17
And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him...
Focus ↗
18
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Focus ↗
19
God (Elohim) is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath h...
Focus ↗
20
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Focus ↗
21
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God (...
Focus ↗
22
God (Elohim) bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild ox.
Focus ↗
23
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it...
Focus ↗
24
Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie d...
Focus ↗
25
And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
Focus ↗
26
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I...
Focus ↗
27
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will plea...
Focus ↗
28
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
Focus ↗
29
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven...
Focus ↗
30
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Focus ↗