Numbers 24:1-4

Complete Jewish Bible

24 When Bil‘am saw that it pleased Adonai to bless Isra’el, he didn’t go, as at the other times, to make use of divination, but looked out toward the desert. ²Bil‘am raised his eyes and saw Isra’el encamped tribe by tribe. Then the Spirit of God came upon him, ³and he made his pronouncement:

“This is the speech of Bil‘am, son of B‘or;
the speech of the man whose eyes have been opened;
⁴the speech of him who hears God’s words;
who sees what Shaddai sees,
who has fallen, yet has open eyes:

Read full chapter