14. And he took him to the field of Tsophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
15. And he said to Balaq, “Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet over there.”
16. And יהוה came to Bil‛am, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balaq, and say this.”
17. So he went to him and saw him standing by his burnt offering, and the heads of Mo’aḇ with him. And Balaq asked him, “What did יהוה say?”
18. And he took up his proverb and said, “Rise up, Balaq, and hear! Listen to me, son of Tsippor!
19. “Ěl is not a man, to lie; nor a son of man, to repent! Has He said, and would He not do it; or spoken, and would not confirm it?
20. “See, I have received, to bless. And He has blessed, and I do not reverse it.
21. “He has not looked upon wickedness in Ya‛aqoḇ, nor has He seen trouble in Yisra’ĕl. יהוה his Elohim is with him, and the shout of a Sovereign is in him.
22. “Ěl who brought them out of Mitsrayim, is for them like the horns of a wild ox.
23. “For there is no sorcery against Ya‛aqoḇ, nor is there any divination against Yisra’ĕl. Now it is said to Ya‛aqoḇ and to Yisra’ĕl, ‘What has Ěl done!’
24. “Look, a people rises like a lioness, and lifts itself up like a lion; it lies not down until it devours the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”
25. And Balaq said to Bil‛am, “Do not curse them at all, nor bless them at all!”
26. And Bil‛am answered and said to Balaq, “Have I not spoken to you, saying, ‘All that יהוה speaks, that I do’?”