1. And when Balaam had seen that it was pleasing to the Lord that he should bless Israel, he by no means went out as he had gone before, to seek divination. But directing his face opposite the desert,
2. and lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel dwelling in tents by their tribes. And with the Spirit of God rushing into him,
3. taking up his parable, he said: "Balaam, the son of Beor, the man whose eye has been obstructed,
4. the hearer of the sermon of God, he who has gazed upon a vision of the Almighty, he who falls down and so his eyes are opened, has declared:
5. 'How beautiful are your tabernacles, O Jacob, and your tents, O Israel!