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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Numbers 23 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/23.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/23-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Numbers 23</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/22.htm" title="Numbers 22">◄</a> Numbers 23 <a href="../numbers/24.htm" title="Numbers 24">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/numbers/23-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Balaam’s First Oracle<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Balaam said to Balac, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on <i>every</i> altar. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall shew me, I will report to thee. And Balac stood by his sacrifice.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Balaam went to enquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on <i>every</i> altar. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, thou shalt return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole-burnt-offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And he took up his parable, and said, Balac king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not?<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, and from the hills I shall observe him: behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Balac said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I called thee to curse my enemies, and behold thou hast greatly blessed <i>them</i>. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Balaam said to Balac, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this?<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Balaam’s Second Oracle<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where thou shalt not see the people, but only thou shalt see a part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried <i>rock</i>, and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on <i>every</i> altar. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole-burnt-sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken?<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep <i>to his word</i>?<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Behold, I have received <i>commandment</i> to bless: I will bless, and not turn back.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel: the Lord his God <i>is</i> with him, the glories of rulers <i>are</i> in him.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For there is no divination in Jacob, nor enchantment in Israel; in season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel what God shall perform.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Balac said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And Balaam answered and said to Balac, Spoke I not to thee, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do?<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Balac said to Balaam, Come <i>and</i> I will remove thee to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Balaam said to Balac, build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/23-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And Balac did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on <i>every</i> altar.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>