Then he uttered his [a]parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from [b]Aram out of the mountains of the East, saying, Come, curse Jacob for my sake: come, and [c]detest Israel.

How shall I curse, where God hath not cursed? or how shall I detest, where the Lord hath not detested?

For from the top of the rocks I did see him, and from the hills I did behold him: lo, the people shall dwell by themselves, and shall not be reckoned among the [d]nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:7 Or, prophecy.
  2. Numbers 23:7 Or, Syria.
  3. Numbers 23:7 Cause that all may hate and detest them.
  4. Numbers 23:9 But shall have religion and laws apart.

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