4. And God met Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon each altar.
5. And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
6. And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7. And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!
8. How shall I curse whom ·God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?
9. For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
10. Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!
11. And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
12. And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?