1And Balaam said unto Balak , Build me here seven altars , and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams . 2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken ; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram . 3And Balaam said unto Balak , Stand by thy burnt offering , and I will go : peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place . 4And God met Balaam : and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars , and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram . 5And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth , and said , Return unto Balak , and thus thou shalt speak . 6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice , he, and all the princes of Moab . 7And he took up his parable , and said , Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram , out of the mountains of the east , saying , Come , curse me Jacob , and come , defy Israel . 8How shall I curse , whom God hath not cursed ? or how shall I defy , whom the LORD hath not defied ? 9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone , and shall not be reckoned among the nations . 10Who can count the dust of Jacob , and the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous , and let my last end be like his! 11And Balak said unto Balaam , What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies , and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether . 12And he answered and said , Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth ?
Balaam's Second Oracle
13And Balak said unto him, Come , I pray thee, with me unto another place , from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14And he brought him into the field of Zophim , to the top of Pisgah , and built seven altars , and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar . 15And he said unto Balak , Stand here by thy burnt offering , while I meet the Lord yonder . 16And the LORD met Balaam , and put a word in his mouth , and said , Go again unto Balak , and say thus. 17And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering , and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken ? 18And he took up his parable , and said , Rise up , Balak , and hear ; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor : 19God is not a man , that he should lie ; neither the son of man , that he should repent : hath he said , and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken , and shall he not make it good ? 20Behold, I have received commandment to bless : and he hath blessed ; and I cannot reverse it.
Balaam's Third Oracle
21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob , neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel : the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. 22God brought them out of Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn . 23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob , neither is there any divination against Israel : according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel , What hath God wrought ! 24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion , and lift up himself as a young lion : he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey , and drink the blood of the slain . 25And Balak said unto Balaam , Neither curse them at all , nor bless them at all . 26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak , Told not I thee, saying , All that the LORD speaketh , that I must do ? 27And Balak said unto Balaam , Come , I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place ; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor , that looketh toward Jeshimon . 29And Balaam said unto Balak , Build me here seven altars , and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams . 30And Balak did as Balaam had said , and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar .