{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/numbers/23","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:32:23.328Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Numbers","bookSlug":"numbers","chapter":23,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":22,"nextChapter":24,"totalChapters":36,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shalt it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar."}],"citation":{"inline":"Numbers 23 (ASV)","markdown":"[Numbers 23](https://primebible.com/asv/numbers/23)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/numbers/23 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}