{"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/kjv/numbers/23","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T11:24:56.510Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 oxen and seven rams."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on <i>every</i> altar a bullock and a ram."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon <i>every</i> altar a bullock and a ram."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the LORD 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 stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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, <i>saying</i>, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, <i>whom</i> the LORD hath not defied?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth <i>part</i> 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 <i>them</i> altogether."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put 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 brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on <i>every</i> altar."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet <i>the LORD</i> yonder."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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?"},{"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 <i>is</i> not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do <i>it</i>? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Behold, I have received <i>commandment</i> 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: the LORD his God <i>is</i> with him, and the shout of a king <i>is</i> among them."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Surely <i>there is</i> no enchantment against Jacob, neither <i>is there</i> any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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 <i>of</i> 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 the LORD speaketh, that I must do?"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon."},{"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 a bullock and a ram on <i>every</i> altar."}],"citation":{"inline":"Numbers 23 (KJV)","markdown":"[Numbers 23](https://primebible.com/kjv/numbers/23)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/numbers/23 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}