{"id":"NUM.23.1","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":1,"reference":"Numbers 23:1","text":"And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams."}
{"id":"NUM.23.2","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":2,"reference":"Numbers 23:2","text":"And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram."}
{"id":"NUM.23.3","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":3,"reference":"Numbers 23:3","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."}
{"id":"NUM.23.4","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":4,"reference":"Numbers 23:4","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."}
{"id":"NUM.23.5","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":5,"reference":"Numbers 23:5","text":"And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak."}
{"id":"NUM.23.6","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":6,"reference":"Numbers 23:6","text":"And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab."}
{"id":"NUM.23.7","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":7,"reference":"Numbers 23:7","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."}
{"id":"NUM.23.8","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":8,"reference":"Numbers 23:8","text":"How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?"}
{"id":"NUM.23.9","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":9,"reference":"Numbers 23:9","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."}
{"id":"NUM.23.10","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":10,"reference":"Numbers 23:10","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!"}
{"id":"NUM.23.11","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":11,"reference":"Numbers 23:11","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."}
{"id":"NUM.23.12","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":12,"reference":"Numbers 23:12","text":"And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?"}
{"id":"NUM.23.13","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":13,"reference":"Numbers 23:13","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."}
{"id":"NUM.23.14","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":14,"reference":"Numbers 23:14","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."}
{"id":"NUM.23.15","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":15,"reference":"Numbers 23:15","text":"And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder."}
{"id":"NUM.23.16","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":16,"reference":"Numbers 23:16","text":"And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak."}
{"id":"NUM.23.17","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":17,"reference":"Numbers 23:17","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?"}
{"id":"NUM.23.18","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":18,"reference":"Numbers 23:18","text":"And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:"}
{"id":"NUM.23.19","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":19,"reference":"Numbers 23:19","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?"}
{"id":"NUM.23.20","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":20,"reference":"Numbers 23:20","text":"Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it."}
{"id":"NUM.23.21","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":21,"reference":"Numbers 23:21","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."}
{"id":"NUM.23.22","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":22,"reference":"Numbers 23:22","text":"God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox."}
{"id":"NUM.23.23","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":23,"reference":"Numbers 23:23","text":"Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!"}
{"id":"NUM.23.24","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":24,"reference":"Numbers 23:24","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."}
{"id":"NUM.23.25","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":25,"reference":"Numbers 23:25","text":"And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all."}
{"id":"NUM.23.26","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":26,"reference":"Numbers 23:26","text":"But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?"}
{"id":"NUM.23.27","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":27,"reference":"Numbers 23:27","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."}
{"id":"NUM.23.28","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":28,"reference":"Numbers 23:28","text":"And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert."}
{"id":"NUM.23.29","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":29,"reference":"Numbers 23:29","text":"And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams."}
{"id":"NUM.23.30","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"NUM","book":"Numbers","chapter":23,"verse":30,"reference":"Numbers 23:30","text":"And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar."}