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[1] And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to his custom to meet the omens, but turned his face toward the wilderness.
[2] And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
[3] And he took up his parable and said, Balaam son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,
[4] he says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, who saw a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened:
[5] How goodly are thy habitations, Jacob, and thy tents, Israel!
[6] as shady groves, and as gardens by a river, and as tents which God pitched, and as cedars by the waters.
[7] There shall come a man out of his seed, and he shall rule over many nations; and the kingdom of Gog shall be exalted, and his kingdom shall be increased.
[8] God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn: he shall consume the nations of his enemies, and he shall drain their marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy.
[9] He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall stir him up? they that bless thee are blessed, and they that curse thee are cursed.
[10] And Balac was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balac said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast decidedly blessed him this third time.
[11] Now therefore flee to thy place: I said, I will honour thee, but now the Lord has deprived thee of glory.
[12] And Balaam said to Balac, Did I not speak to thy messengers also whom thou sentest to me, saying,
[13] If Balac should give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to transgress the word of the Lord to make it good or bad by myself; whatsoever things God shall say, them will I speak.
[14] And now, behold, I return to my place; come, I will advise thee of what this people shall do to thy people in the last days.
[15] And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,
[16] hearing the oracles of God, receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened.
[17] I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: a star shall rise out of Jacob, a man shall spring out of Israel; and shall crush the princes of Moab, and shall spoil all the sons of Seth.
[18] And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance of Israel, and Israel wrought valiantly.
[19] And one shall arise out of Jacob, and destroy out of the city him that escapes.
[20] And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec is the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish.
[21] And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, thy dwelling-place is strong; yet though thou shouldest put thy nest in a rock,
[22] and though Beor should have a skillfully contrived hiding-place, the Assyrians shall carry thee away captive.
[23] And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said, Oh, oh, who shall live, when God shall do these things?
[24] And one shall come forth from the hands of the Citians, and shall afflict Assur, and shall afflict the Hebrews, and they shall perish together.
[25] And Balaam rose up and departed and returned to his place, and Balac went to his own home.
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