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NUM 23:13–23:30 ©

Balaam’s Second Oracle

Balaam’s Second Oracle


13Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”


14So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.


15Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”


16And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”


17So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab.

“What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.


18Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying:

“Arise, O Balak, and listen;

give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

19God is not a man, that He should lie,

or a son of man, that He should change His mind.

Does He speak and not act?

Does He promise and not fulfill?

20I have indeed received a command to bless;

He has blessed, and I cannot change it.

21He considers no disaster for Jacob;

He sees no trouble for Israel.

The LORD their God is with them,

and the shout of the King is among them.

22God brought them out of Egypt

with strength like a wild ox.

23For there is no spell against Jacob

and no divination against Israel.

It will now be said of Jacob and Israel,

‘What great things God has done!’

24Behold, the people rise like a lioness;

they rouse themselves like a lion,

not resting until they devour their prey

and drink the blood of the slain.”


25Now Balak said to Balaam, “Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”


26But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”


27“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”


28And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.[fn]


29Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”


30So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.


23:28 Or Jeshimon

NUM 23:13–23:30 ©

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