Numbers 23, verse 1. Now Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me here seven young bulls and seven rams.” Numbers 23, verse 2. So Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and he offered a young bull and a ram on each altar. Numbers 23, verse 3. Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand alongside your sacrifice, and I will go; perhaps God will reveal Himself to me in a meeting, and I will tell you whatever word He shows me.” So Balak stood alongside his sacrifice, and Balaam went on a direct road to inquire of God. Numbers 23, verse 4. Thus God revealed Himself to Balaam, and Balaam said to Him, “I prepared seven altars, and offered on each altar a young bull and a ram.” Numbers 23, verse 5. Then God put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” Numbers 23, verse 6. So he returned to him, and there he was, standing alongside his burnt offerings, he and all the rulers of Moab with him. Numbers 23, verse 7. Then the Spirit of God came upon him, and he took up his parable and said: “Balak the king of Moab summoned me from Mesopotamia, From the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, Call down a curse upon Israel. Numbers 23, verse 8. How shall I curse whom the Lord did not curse? Or how shall I call down a curse upon whom God did not curse? Numbers 23, verse 9. For from the top of the mountains I see him, And from the hills I envision him. Behold, the people shall dwell alone, And they shall not be reckoned among the nations. Numbers 23, verse 10. Who can examine accurately the seed of Jacob, And number the tribes of Israel? May my soul die with the souls of the righteous, And may my seed be as their seed.” Numbers 23, verse 11. But Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I summoned you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them bountifully.” Numbers 23, verse 12. Then Balaam said to Balak, “Should I not be careful to speak whatever God may put into my mouth?”
Balaam's Second Prophecy
Numbers 23, verse 13. So Balak said to him, “Yet come with me to another place, from which vantage points you may not see him. You will see only a part, but not all, of him; then curse him for me from there.” Numbers 23, verse 14. Then he took him along to a lookout point over the land, upon the summit of a hewn rock, and built seven altars there; and he offered a young bull and a ram on each altar. Numbers 23, verse 15. Balaam then said to Balak, “Stand alongside your sacrifice, while I go and enquire of God.” Numbers 23, verse 16. Then God met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” Numbers 23, verse 17. So he returned to him, and there he was, standing alongside his whole burnt offering, and all the rulers of Moab were with him. Balak then said to him, “What did the Lord say?” Numbers 23, verse 18. Then he took up his parable and said: “Rise up, Balak, and hear. Give ear as a witness, son of Zippor. Numbers 23, verse 19. God is not like a man, to be deceived, Nor like a son of man, to be threatened. Would He, having spoken, not act? Or shall He speak, and not stand by it? Numbers 23, verse 20. Behold, I receive to bless, And I shall bless, and not reverse it. Numbers 23, verse 21. There shall be no trouble in Jacob, Nor shall distress be seen in Israel, For the Lord his God is with him, And the glorious acts of rulers are in him. Numbers 23, verse 22. God brings them out of Egypt, Like the glory of the unicorn for him. Numbers 23, verse 23. For there is no portent in Jacob, Nor any divination in Israel. In due time it will be told to Jacob And Israel what God will accomplish. Numbers 23, verse 24. Behold, a people like a lion's cub will rise up And will exult like a lion. It shall not lie down until it eats the prey And drinks the blood of the slain.” Numbers 23, verse 25. Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse him with curses for me, nor actually bless him.” Numbers 23, verse 26. So Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘The word God may speak, that I shall do’?”
Balaam's Third Prophecy
Numbers 23, verse 27. Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, I will take you along to another place, if it will please God to curse him for me from there.” Numbers 23, verse 28. So Balak took Balaam along to the top of Peor, which extends into the desert. Numbers 23, verse 29. Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me here seven young bulls and seven rams.” Numbers 23, verse 30. So Balak did as Balaam told him, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.