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Balaam’s Second Prophecy

13 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the outer part of them, and shall not see them all; curse them for me from there.”
14 So he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, aand built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.  
15 And he said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering while I1 meet the Lord over there.”  
16 Then the Lord met Balaam, and aput a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”  
17 So he came to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab were with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”
18 Then he took up his oracle and said:
a“Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, son of Zippor! 
19 “Goda is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He bsaid, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? 
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
aHe has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. 
21 “Hea has not observed iniquity in Jacob,
Nor has He seen1 wickedness in Israel.
The Lord his God is with him,
bAnd the shout of a King is among them. 
22 aGod brings them out of Egypt;
He has bstrength like a wild ox. 
23 “For there is no1 sorcery against Jacob,
Nor any1 divination against Israel.
It now must be said of Jacob
And of Israel, ‘Oh, awhat God has done!’ 
24 Look, a people rises alike a lioness,
And lifts itself up like a lion;
bIt shall not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”  
25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all!”
26 So Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, a‘All that the Lord speaks, that I must do’?”  

Balaam’s Third Prophecy

27 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that aoverlooks the wasteland.  
Verse Comparison: Numbers 23:15

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American Standard Version
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet `Jehovah' yonder.

Amplified® Bible
Balaam said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering while I go to meet the Lord yonder.

Contemporary English Version
"Wait here beside your offerings," Balaam said. "The LORD will appear to me over there."

Darby English Version
And [Balaam] said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder.

Good News Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, and I will meet God over there."

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

New American Standard Bible
And he said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet {the LORD} over there."

New International Version
Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there."

New King James Version
And he said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering while I meetthe LORD over there.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And he said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the LORD over there."

Revised Standard Version
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder."

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto Balak, `Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I -- I meet `Him' there;'


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