20. I have indeed received a command to bless;since He has blessed, I cannot change it.
21. He considers no disaster for Jacob;He sees no trouble for Israel. The Lord their God is with them, and there is rejoicing over the King among them.
22. God brought them out of Egypt;He is like the horns of a wild ox for them.
23. There is no magic curse against Jacoband no divination against Israel.It will now be said about Jacob and Israel,“What great things God has done! ”
24. A people rise up like a lioness;They rouse themselves like a lion. They will not lie down until they devour the preyand drink the blood of the slain.
25. Then Balak told Balaam, “Don’t curse them and don’t bless them! ”
26. But Balaam answered him, “Didn’t I tell you: Whatever the Lord says, I must do? ”
27. Again Balak said to Balaam, “Please come. I will take you to another place. Maybe it will be agreeable to God that you can put a curse on them for me there.”
28. So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
29. Balaam told Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
30. So Balak did as Balaam said and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.