16. and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'
17. And he cometh unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him, and Balak saith to him: `What hath Jehovah spoken?'
18. And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!
19. God [is] not a man--and lieth, And a son of man--and repenteth! Hath He said-- and doth He not do [it]? And spoken--and doth He not confirm it?
20. Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I [can]not reverse it.
21. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God [is] with him, And a shout of a king [is] in him.
22. God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;
23. For no enchantment [is] against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!
24. Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'
25. And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;'
26. and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, `Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh--it I do?'
27. And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God--to pierce it for me from thence.'
28. And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,
29. and Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams;'
30. and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar.