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Balaam lift up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to its tribes, and the spirit of God was upon it.[a] He uttered[b] his oracle and said,

“The declaration of Balaam son Beor,
    the declaration of the man whose eyes are closed,
the declaration of the hearer of God’s words,[c]
    who sees the revelation of Shaddai,[d]
falling down but whose eyes are uncovered.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:2 That is, Israel
  2. Numbers 24:3 Literally “lifted up”
  3. Numbers 24:4 Or “God’s sayings”
  4. Numbers 24:4 Often translated “the Almighty”