9. For from the top of the rocks I have seen him, and from the hills I beheld him; behold, a people that shall dwell in confidence and shall not be counted among the Gentiles.
10. Who shall 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 last end be like his!
11. Then Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
12. And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord has put in my mouth?
13. And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from which thou may see them; thou hast seen but the utmost part of them and hast not seen them all; and from there thou shalt curse them for me.
14. And he brought him into the field of Zophim to the top of Pisgah and built seven altars and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
15. Then he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.
16. And the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said unto him, Go again unto Balak and say thus.
17. And he came unto him, and behold, he stood by his burnt offering and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What has the Lord spoken?
18. Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
19. God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent; he said and shall he not do it? He spoke and shall he not execute it?