1. And Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, and he did not go as other times to seek out sorcery; instead, he set his face toward the desert.
2. Balaam lift up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to its tribes, and the spirit of God was upon it.
3. He uttered his oracle and said, “The declaration of Balaam son Beor, the declaration of the man whose eyes are closed,
4. the declaration of the hearer of God’s words, who sees the revelation of Shaddai, falling down but whose eyes are uncovered.