1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

3 And 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.

<>high place

4 And 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.

5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

<>the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said … thus thou shalt speak

6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

7 And 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.

<>parable, <>Jacob, <>Israel

8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

<>v. 8, <>how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

9 For 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.

<>the hills, <>the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations, <>the people … shall not be reckoned among the nations

10 Who 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!

<>Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel?, <>Who can count the dust of Jacob, <>number of the fourth part of Israel, <>die … death, <>the death of the righteous, <>my last end

11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

<>I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether., <>I took thee to curse mine enemies

12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

<>answered, <>Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?, <>that which the LORD hath put in my mouth

13 And 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.

14 And 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.

15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

<>Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder., <>I meet the LORD yonder., <>meet the LORD

16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

17 And 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?

<>What hath the LORD spoken?

18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

<>hear, <>son

19 God 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?

<>God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent, <>God is not a man, that he should lie, <>God is not … 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?

20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

<>I have received commandment to bless, <>I have received commandment … and I cannot reverse it.

21 He 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.

<>He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel, <>beheld iniquity, <>Jacob … Israel: the LORD his God is with him, <>perverseness, <>the shout of a king is among them

22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

<>God … hath as it were the strength of an unicorn

23 Surely 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!

<>enchantment, <>divination, <>according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!, <>What hath God wrought!

24 Behold, 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.

25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

<>All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do, <>the LORD speaketh, <>the LORD speaketh … I must do

27 And 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.

<>please God

28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

<>when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not … to seek for enchantments, <>Israel, <>he went not … to seek for enchantments, <>set his face

2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.

<>vv. 2-3, <>lifted up his eyes, <>Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes, <>tents

3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

<>vv. 2-3, <>parable, <>son, <>the man whose eyes are open

4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

<>heard the words of God, <>heard the words of God … but having his eyes open, <>saw the vision of the Almighty, <>the vision, <>the Almighty

5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

<>thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel, <>tents … Jacob … tabernacles … Israel, <>Jacob

6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

<>the trees … trees, <>trees … which the LORD hath planted, <>trees beside the waters, <>the waters

7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

<>He shall pour the water out of his buckets, <>the water, <>his seed shall be in many waters, <>his king shall be higher than Agag

8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

<>he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn, <>he shall eat up the nations his enemies, <>pierce them through with his arrows

9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

<>He couched … as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up?, <>Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

<>Balak's anger was kindled

11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.

<>to thy place, <>I thought to promote thee, <>honour … honour

12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,

<>messengers … thou sentest

13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?

<>If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, <>If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, <>silver and gold, <>what the LORD saith, that will I speak

14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

<>in the latter days

15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

<>knew the knowledge of the most High, <>the knowledge of the most High, <>the most High

17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

<>I shall see him, but not now, <>I shall see him, <>I shall behold him, but not nigh, <>there shall come a Star out of Jacob, <>a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, <>a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, <>children

18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

<>Edom, <>Israel shall do valiantly.

19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

<>Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, <>shall destroy him that remaineth, <>the city

20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

<>Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever., <>Amalek was the first of the nations, <>perish

21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

<>vv. 21-22

22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

<>vv. 21-22, <>carry thee away captive

23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

<>who shall live when God doeth this!

24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

<>afflict … afflict, <>he also shall perish

25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.

<>returned to his place, <>his place, <>went his way

1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

<>vv. 1-2, <>Israel, <>Israel … the people began to commit whoredom, <>to commit whoredom, <>daughters

2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

<>vv. 1-2

3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

<>joined, <>Baal-peor, <>the anger of the LORD was kindled

4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

<>Moses, <>the sun

5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.

6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

<>children … children, <>woman, <>congregation … congregation, <>the door of the tabernacle

7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

<>priest, <>in his hand

8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

<>tent

9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

<>died

10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

<>the LORD spake unto Moses, <>the LORD spake

11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

<>he was zealous for my sake, <>zealous, <>my jealousy

12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

<>vv. 12-13, <>peace

13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

<>vv. 12-13, <>an everlasting priesthood, <>made an atonement

14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

<>chief, <>house

15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

<>the LORD spake

17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

<>they vex you with their wiles, <>they have beguiled you, <>beguiled