KJV ¹ And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

VULC ¹ Dixitque Balaam ad Balac : Ædifica mihi hic septem aras, et para totidem vitulos, ejusdemque numeri arietes.

KJV ² And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

VULC ² Cumque fecisset juxta sermonem Balaam, imposuerunt simul vitulum et arietem super aram.

KJV ³ And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

VULC ³ Dixitque Balaam ad Balac : Sta paulisper juxta holocaustum tuum, donec vadam, si forte occurrat mihi Dominus, et quodcumque imperaverit, loquar tibi.

KJV ⁴ And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

VULC ⁴ Cumque abiisset velociter, occurrit illi Deus. Locutusque ad eum Balaam : Septem, inquit, aras erexi, et imposui vitulum et arietem desuper.

KJV ⁵ And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

VULC ⁵ Dominus autem posuit verbum in ore ejus, et ait : Revertere ad Balac, et hæc loqueris.

KJV ⁶ And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

VULC ⁶ Reversus invenit stantem Balac juxta holocaustum suum, et omnes principes Moabitarum :

KJV ⁷ And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

VULC ⁷ assumptaque parabola sua, dixit : [De Aram adduxit me Balac
rex Moabitarum, de montibus orientis :
Veni, inquit, et maledic Jacob ;
propera, et detestare Israël.

KJV ⁸ How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

VULC ⁸ Quomodo maledicam, cui non maledixit Deus ?
qua ratione detester, quem Dominus non detestatur ?

KJV ⁹ For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

VULC ⁹ De summis silicibus videbo eum,
et de collibus considerabo illum.
Populus solus habitabit,
et inter gentes non reputabitur.

KJV ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

VULC ¹⁰ Quis dinumerare possit pulverem Jacob,
et nosse numerum stirpis Israël ?
Moriatur anima mea morte justorum,
et fiant novissima mea horum similia.]

KJV ¹¹ And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

VULC ¹¹ Dixitque Balac ad Balaam : Quid est hoc quod agis ? ut malediceres inimicis meis vocavi te, et tu e contrario benedicis eis.

KJV ¹² And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

VULC ¹² Cui ille respondit : Num aliud possum loqui, nisi quod jusserit Dominus ?

KJV ¹³ And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

VULC ¹³ Dixit ergo Balac : Veni mecum in alterum locum unde partem Israël videas, et totum videre non possis : inde maledicito ei.

KJV 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.

VULC ¹⁴ Cumque duxisset eum in locum sublimem, super verticem montis Phasga, ædificavit Balaam septem aras, et impositis supra vitulo atque ariete,

KJV ¹⁵ And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

VULC ¹⁵ dixit ad Balac : Sta hic juxta holocaustum tuum, donec ego obvius pergam.

KJV ¹⁶ And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

VULC ¹⁶ Cui cum Dominus occurrisset, posuissetque verbum in ore ejus, ait : Revertere ad Balac, et hæc loqueris ei.

KJV ¹⁷ And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?

VULC ¹⁷ Reversus invenit eum stantem juxta holocaustum suum, et principes Moabitarum cum eo. Ad quem Balac : Quid, inquit, locutus est Dominus ?

KJV ¹⁸ And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

VULC ¹⁸ At ille, assumpta parabola sua, ait : [Sta, Balac, et ausculta ; audi, fili Sephor :

KJV ¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

VULC ¹⁹ non est Deus quasi homo, ut mentiatur,
nec ut filius hominis, ut mutetur.
Dixit ergo, et non faciet ?
locutus est, et non implebit ?

KJV ²⁰ Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

VULC ²⁰ Ad benedicendum adductus sum :
benedictionem prohibere non valeo.

KJV ²¹ He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

VULC ²¹ Non est idolum in Jacob,
nec videtur simulacrum in Israël.
Dominus Deus ejus cum eo est,
et clangor victoriæ regis in illo.

KJV ²² God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

VULC ²² Deus eduxit illum de Ægypto,
cujus fortitudo similis est rhinocerotis.

KJV ²³ Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

VULC ²³ Non est augurium in Jacob,
nec divinatio in Israël :
temporibus suis dicetur Jacob et Israëli quid operatus sit Deus.

KJV ²⁴ Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

VULC ²⁴ Ecce populus ut leæna consurget,
et quasi leo erigetur :
non accubabit donec devoret prædam,
et occisorum sanguinem bibat.]

KJV ²⁵ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

VULC ²⁵ Dixitque Balac ad Balaam : Nec maledicas ei, nec benedicas.

KJV ²⁶ But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

VULC ²⁶ Et ille ait : Nonne dixi tibi quod quidquid mihi Deus imperaret, hoc facerem ?

KJV ²⁷ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

VULC ²⁷ Et ait Balac ad eum : Veni, et ducam te ad alium locum : si forte placeat Deo ut inde maledicas eis.

KJV ²⁸ And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

VULC ²⁸ Cumque duxisset eum super verticem montis Phogor, qui respicit solitudinem,

KJV ²⁹ And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

VULC ²⁹ dixit ei Balaam : Ædifica mihi hic septem aras, et para totidem vitulos, ejusdemque numeri arietes.

KJV ³⁰ And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

VULC ³⁰ Fecit Balac ut Balaam dixerat : imposuitque vitulos et arietes per singulas aras.