Numbers 23:19-30

New International Version

¹⁹God is not human,^(A) that he should lie,^(B)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.^(C)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise^(D) and not fulfill?
²⁰I have received a command to bless;^(E)
    he has blessed,^(F) and I cannot change it.^(G)

²¹“No misfortune is seen in Jacob,^(H)
    no misery observed^[a] in Israel.^(I)
The Lord their God is with them;^(J)
    the shout of the King^(K) is among them.
²²God brought them out of Egypt;^(L)
    they have the strength of a wild ox.^(M)
²³There is no divination against^[b] Jacob,
    no evil omens^(N) against^[c] Israel.
It will now be said of Jacob
    and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’
²⁴The people rise like a lioness;^(O)
    they rouse themselves like a lion^(P)
that does not rest till it devours its prey
    and drinks the blood^(Q) of its victims.”

²⁵Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

²⁶Balaam answered, “Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?”^(R)

Balaam’s Third Message

²⁷Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, let me take you to another place.^(S) Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me^(T) from there.” ²⁸And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor,^(U) overlooking the wasteland.

²⁹Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.” ³⁰Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.^(V)