Verse 12
Numbers 23:12
Literal Standard Version
12
and he answers and says, “That which YHWH puts in my mouth—do I not take heed to speak it?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֖עַן וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר הֲ/לֹ֗א אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָשִׂ֤ים יְהוָה֙ בְּ/פִ֔/י אֹת֥/וֹ אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר לְ/דַבֵּֽר
English Translation
And he answered and said, "Should I not keep what the Lord puts in my mouth to speak?"
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Chapter 23 Context
1
And Balaam says to Balak, “Build seven altars for me in this place, and prepare seven bullocks and s...
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And Balak does as Balaam has spoken, and Balak—Balaam also—offers a bullock and a ram on the altar,
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and Balaam says to Balak, “Station yourself by your burnt-offering and I go on, it may be YHWH comes...
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And God (Elohim) comes to Balaam, and he says to Him, “I have arranged the seven altars, and I offer...
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and YHWH puts a word in the mouth of Balaam and says, “Return to Balak, and thus you speak.”
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6
And he returns to him, and behold, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of M...
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7
And he takes up his allegory and says: “Balak king of Moab leads me from Aram; From mountains of the...
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8
How do I pierce when God (Elohim) has not pierced? And how am I indignant when YHWH has not been ind...
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9
For from the top of rocks I see him, || And from heights I behold him; Behold a people! He dwells al...
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10
Who has counted the dust of Jacob, || And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death o...
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11
And Balak says to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I have taken you to pierce my enemies, and beho...
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and he answers and says, “That which YHWH puts in my mouth—do I not take heed to speak it?”
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And Balak says to him, “Come! Come to another place with me, from where you see it—you see only its...
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and he takes him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and builds seven altars, and offers a...
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15
And he says to Balak, “Station yourself here by your burnt-offering, and I meet Him there”;
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and YHWH comes to Balaam, and sets a word in his mouth, and says, “Return to Balak, and thus you spe...
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17
And he comes to him, and behold, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab are w...
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18
And he takes up his allegory and says: “Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear to me, son of Zippor!
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19
God (Elohim) is not a man—and lies, || And a son of man—and relents! Has He said—and He does not do...
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20
Behold, I have received only to bless; Indeed, He blesses, and I cannot reverse it.
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21
He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, || Nor has He seen perverseness in Israel; His God (Elohim) YHW...
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God (Elohim) is bringing them out from Egypt, || As the swiftness of a wild ox for him;
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23
For no enchantment is against Jacob, || Nor divination against Israel; At the time it is said of Jac...
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24
Behold, the people rises as a lioness, || And he lifts himself up as a lion; He does not lie down un...
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And Balak says to Balaam, “Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all”;
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and Balaam answers and says to Balak, “Have I not spoken to you, saying, All that YHWH speaks—I do i...
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27
And Balak says to Balaam, “Please come, I take you to another place; it may be it is right in the ey...
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28
And Balak takes Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,
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and Balaam says to Balak, “Build seven altars for me in this place, and prepare seven bullocks and s...
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and Balak does as Balaam said, and he offers a bullock and a ram on an altar.
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