1
Then
Balaam said to
Balak,
"Build seven altars for me
here, and
prepare seven bulls and
seven rams for me
here."
h,z'b yil -hen.B q'l'B -l,a ~'[.liB r,ma{Y;w ? ~yir'p h'[.biv h,z'B yil !ek'h.w t{x.B.zim h'[.biv ? ~yilyea h'[.biv.w
2
Balak did just as
Balaam had
spoken, and
Balak and
Balaam offered up a
bull and a
ram on each
altar.
q'l'B l;[;Y;w ~'[.liB r,BiD r,v]a;K q'l'B f;[;Y;w ? ;xeB.ziM;B lIy;a'w r'P ~'[.lib.W
3
Then
Balaam said to
Balak,
"Stand beside your
burnt offering, and I will
go;
perhaps the
LORD will
come to
meet me, and
whatever * He
shows me I will
tell you." So he
went to a
bare hill.
'$,t'l{[ -l;[ beC;y.tih q'l'b.l ~'[.liB r,ma{Y;w ? r;b.d.W yita'r.qil h'wh.y ]her'QIy y;l.Wa h'k.lea.w ? yip,v .$,leY;w .$'l yiT.d;Gih.w yinea.r;Y -h;m
4
Now
God met Balaam, and he
said to Him, "I have
set up the
seven altars, and I have
offered up a
bull and a
ram on each
altar.
wy'lea r,ma{Y;w ~'[.liB -l,a ~yih{l/a r'QiY;w ? lIy;a'w r'P l;[;a'w yiT.k;r'[ t{x.B.ziM;h t;[.biv -t,a ? ;xeB.ziM;B
5
Then the
LORD put a
word in
Balaam's mouth and
said,
"Return to
Balak, and you shall
speak thus."
b.Wv r,ma{Y;w ~'[.lib yip.B r'b'D h'wh.y ~,f'Y;w ? reB;d.t h{k.w q'l'B -l,a
6
So he
returned to him, and
behold, he was
standing beside his
burnt offering, he and
all the
leaders of
Moab.
a.Wh w{t'l{[ -l;[ b'Cin heNih.w wy'lea b'v'Y;w ? b'aw{m yer'f -l'k.w
7
He
took up his
discourse and
said, "From
Aram Balak has
brought me,
Moab's king from the
mountains of the
East,
'Come curse Jacob for me, And
come,
denounce Israel!'
q'l'b yinex.n;y ~'r]a -nim r;ma{Y;w w{l'v.m a'FiY;w ? yiL -h'r'a h'k.l ~,d,q -yer.r;hem b'aw{m -.k,l,m ? lea'r.fIy h'm][{z h'k.l.W b{q][;y
8
"How shall I
curse whom
God has not
cursed? And
how can I
denounce whom the
LORD has not
denounced?
~;['z a{l ~{[.z,a h'm.W lea h{B;q a{l b{Q,a h'm ? h'wh.y
9
"As I
see him from the
top of the
rocks, And I
look at him from the
hills;
Behold, a
people who
dwells apart, And will not be
reckoned among the
nations.
.WN,r.Wv]a tw{['b.Gim.W .WN,a.r,a ~yirUc va{rem -yiK ? b'V;x.tIy a{l ~Iyw{G;b.W !{K.vIy d'd'b.l ~'[ -n,h
10
"Who can
count the
dust of
Jacob, Or
number the
fourth part of
Israel? Let me
die the
death of the
upright, And let my
end be
like his!"
lea'r.fIy [;b{r -t,a r'P.sim.W b{q][;y r;p][ h'n'm yim ? yityir]x;a yih.t.W ~yir'v.y tw{m yiv.p;n t{m'T ? .Wh{m'K
11
Then
Balak said to
Balaam,
"What have you
done to me? I
took you to
curse my
enemies, but
behold, you have
actually blessed them!"
b{q'l yil 'tyif'[ h,m ~'[.liB -l,a q'l'B r,ma{Y;w ? .$er'b 'T.k;reB heNih.w '$yiT.x;q.l y;b.y{a
12
He
replied, "Must I not be
careful to
speak what the
LORD puts in my
mouth?"
h'wh.y ~yif'y r,v]a tea a{l]h r;ma{Y;w !;[;Y;w ? reB;d.l r{m.v,a w{t{a yip.B
13
Then
Balak said to him,
"Please come with me to
another place from
where * you may
see them, although you will
only see the
extreme end of them and will not
see all of them; and
curse them for me from
there."
~w{q'm -l,a yiTia a'N -'k.l q'l'B wy'lea r,ma{Y;w ? h,a.rit .Whec'q s,p,a ~'Vim .WN,a.riT r,v]a rex;a ? ~'Vim yil -w{n.b'q.w h,a.rit a{l w{LUk.w
14
So he
took him to the
field of
Zophim, to the
top of
Pisgah, and
built seven altars and
offered a
bull and a
ram on each
altar
!,biY;w h'G.siP;h va{r -l,a ~yip{c hed.f .Whex'QiY;w ? ;xeB.ziM;B lIy;a'w r'P l;[;Y;w t{x.B.zim h'[.biv
15
And he
said to
Balak,
"Stand here beside your
burnt offering while I
myself meet the LORD
over t
here."
'$,t'l{[ -l;[ h{K beC;y.tih q'l'B -l,a r,ma{Y;w ? h{K h,r'Qia yik{n'a.w
16
Then the
LORD met Balaam and
put a
word in his
mouth and
said,
"Return to
Balak, and
thus you shall
speak."
wyip.B r'b'D ~,f'Y;w ~'[.liB -l,a h'wh.y r'QiY;w ? reB;d.t h{k.w q'l'B -l,a b.Wv r,ma{Y;w
17
He
came to him, and
behold, he was
standing beside his
burnt offering, and the
leaders of
Moab with him. And
Balak said to him,
"What has the
LORD spoken?"
yer'f.w w{t'l{[ -l;[ b'Cin w{Nih.w wy'lea a{b'Y;w ? h'wh.y r,BiD -h;m q'l'B w{l r,ma{Y;w w{Tia b'aw{m
18
Then he
took up his
discourse and
said,
"Arise, O
Balak, and
hear;
Give ear to me, O
son of
Zippor!
h'nyiz]a;h ]['m]v.W q'l'B ~.Wq r;ma{Y;w w{l'v.m a'FiY;w ? r{Pic w{n.B y;d'[
19
"God is not a
man, that He should
lie,
Nor a
son of
man, that He should
repent; Has He
said, and will He not
do it? Or has He
spoken, and will He not
make it
good
~'x,n.tIy.w ~'d'a -n,b.W beZ;kyiw lea vyia a{l ? h'N,myiq.y a{l.w r,Bid.w h,f][;y a{l.w r;m'a a.Wh;h
20
"Behold, I have
received a command to
bless; When He has
blessed, then I
cannot revoke it.
h'N,byiv]a a{l.w .$ereb.W yiT.x'q'l .$er'b heNih
21
"He has not
observed misfortune in
Jacob;
Nor has He
seen trouble in
Israel; The
LORD his
God is with him, And the
shout of a
king is among them
l'm'[ h'a'r -a{l.w b{q][;y.B !,w'a jyiBih -a{l ? .$,l,m t;[.Wr.t.W w{Mi[ wy'h{l/a h'wh.y lea'r.fIy.B ? w{B
22
"God brings them out of
Egypt, He is for them like the
horns of the
wild ox.
w{l ~ea.r t{p][w{t.K ~Iy'r.ciMim ~'ayicw{m lea
23
"For there is
no omen against
Jacob,
Nor is there any
divination against
Israel; At the proper
time it shall be
said to
Jacob And to
Israel,
what God has
done!
lea'r.fIy.B ~,s,q -a{l.w b{q][;y.B v;x;n -a{l yiK ? l;['P -h;m lea'r.fIy.l.W b{q][;y.l rem'aey te['K ? lea
24
"Behold, a
people rises like a
lioness, And as a
lion it
lifts itself; It will not
lie down until it
devours the
prey, And
drinks the
blood of the
slain."
a{l a'F;n.tIy yir]a;k.w ~.Wq'y ayib'l.K ~'[ -n,h ? h,T.vIy ~yil'l]x -m;d.w @,r,j l;ka{y -d;[ b;K.vIy
25
Then
Balak said to
Balaam, "Do not
curse them at
all nor bless them at
all!"
.WN,b\Qit a{l b{q -m;G ~'[.liB -l,a q'l'B r,ma{Y;w ? .WN,k]r'b.t a{l .$er'B -m;G
26
But
Balaam replied to
Balak, "Did I not
tell you,
'Whatever * the
LORD speaks, that I must
do '?"
yiT.r;BiD a{l]h q'l'B -l,a r,ma{Y;w ~'[.liB !;[;Y;w ? w{t{a h'wh.y reB;d.y -r,v]a l{K r{mael '$y,lea ? h,f/[,a
27
Then
Balak said to
Balaam,
"Please come, I will
take you to
another place;
perhaps it will be
agreeable with
God that you
curse them for me from
there."
'$]x'Q,a a'N -h'k.l ~'[.liB -l,a q'l'B r,ma{Y;w ? ~yih{l/a'h yenye[.B r;vyIy y;l.Wa rex;a ~w{q'm -l,a ? ~'Vim yil w{t{B;q.w
28
So
Balak took Balaam to the
top of
Peor which
overlooks * * the
wasteland.
@'q.viN;h rw{[.P;h va{r ~'[.liB -t,a q'l'B x;QiY;w ? !{myiv.y;h yen.P -l;[
29
Balaam said to
Balak,
"Build seven altars for me
here and
prepare seven bulls and
seven rams for me
here."
h,z'b yil -hen.B q'l'B -l,a ~'[.liB r,ma{Y;w ? ]myir'p h'[.biv h,z'B yil !ek'h.w t{x.B.zim h'[.biv ? ~yilyea h'[.biv.w
30
Balak did just as
Balaam had
said, and
offered up a
bull and a
ram on each
altar.
r'P l;[;Y;w ~'[.liB r;m'a r,v]a;K q'l'B f;[;Y;w ? ;xeB.ziM;B lIy;a'w