Numbers 23

¹And Balaam sayd vnto Balak, Builde me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes.

²And Balak did as Balaam sayd, and Balak and Balaam offred on euery altar a bullocke and a ramme.

³Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Stande by the burnt offring, and I will goe, if so be that the Lord will come and meete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell thee: so he went forth alone.

⁴And God met Balaam, and Balaam sayd vnto him, I haue prepared seuen altars, and haue offred vpon euery altar a bullocke and a ramme.

⁵And the Lord put an answere in Balaams mouth, and sayde, Go againe to Balak, and say on this wise.

⁶So when he returned vnto him, loe, hee stoode by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

⁷Then he vttered his parable, and sayde, Balak the king of Moab hath brought mee from Aram out of the mountaines of the East, saying, Come, curse Iaakob for my sake: come, and detest Israel.

⁸How shall I curse, where God hath not cursed? or howe shall I detest, where the Lord hath not detested?

⁹For from the top of the rocks I did see him, and from the hils I did beholde him: lo, the people shall dwell by themselues, and shall not be reckened among the nations.

¹⁰Who can tell the dust of Iaakob, and the nomber of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last ende be like his.

¹¹Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, What hast thou done vnto mee? I tooke thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them altogether.