And Bilam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for YY refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
Numbers 24:1 - Israeli Authorized Version And when Bilam saw that it pleased YY to bless Yisrael, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition WHEN BALAAM saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as he had done each time before [superstitiously] to meet with omens and signs in the natural world, but he set his face toward the wilderness or desert. American Standard Version (1901) And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. Common English Bible Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless the Israelites, so he didn’t go as the other times to seek omens. Instead, he turned toward the desert. Catholic Public Domain Version And when Balaam had seen that it was pleasing to the Lord that he should bless Israel, he by no means went out as he had gone before, to seek divination. But directing his face opposite the desert, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel, he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert, |
And Bilam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for YY refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Bilam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet YY yonder.
Behold, I have received Commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Surely there is no enchantment against Yaakov, neither is there any divination against Yisrael: according to this time it shall be said of Yaakov and of Yisrael, What hath Elohim wrought!
And Balak brought Bilam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward jeshimon.
And Bilam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure YY will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
And Balak did as Bilam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Behold, these caused the children of Yisrael, through the counsel of Bilam, to commit trespass against YY in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of YY .
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the teaching of Bilam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Yisrael, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Yisrael shall be established in thine hand.
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Yisrael with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.