God

But the angel of ADONAI said to Bil'am, "No, go on with the men; but you are to say only what I tell you to say." So Bil'am went along with the princes of Balak.

Bil'am replied to Balak, "Here, I've come to you! But I have no power of my own to say anything. The word that God puts in my mouth is what I will say."

Bil'am said to Balak, "Stand by your burnt offering while I go off; maybe ADONAI will come and meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you." He went off to a bare hill.

God met Bil'am, who said to him, "I prepared the seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Then ADONAI put a word in Bil'am's mouth and said, "Go on back to Balak, and speak as I tell you."

"How am I to curse those whom God has not cursed? How am I to denounce those whom ADONAI has not denounced?

He answered, "Mustn't I take care to say just what ADONAI puts in my mouth?"

Bil'am said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, while I go over there for a meeting."

ADONAI met Bil'am, put a word in his mouth and said, "Go on back to Balak, and speak as I tell you."

He came to him and stood by his burnt offering, with all the princes of Mo'av. Balak asked him, "What did ADONAI say?"

"God is not a human who lies or a mortal who changes his mind. When he says something, he will do it; when he makes a promise, he will fulfill it

Look, I am ordered to bless; when he blesses, I can't reverse it.

"No one has seen guilt in Ya'akov, or perceived perversity in Isra'el; ADONAI their God is with them and acclaimed as king among them

"God, who brought them out of Egypt, gives them the strength of a wild ox;

thus one can't put a spell on Ya'akov, no magic will work against Isra'el. It can now be said of Ya'akov and Isra'el, 'What is this that God has done?!'

However, Bil'am answered Balak, "Didn't I warn you that I must do everything ADONAI says?"

Balak said to Bil'am, "Come, I will take you now to another place; maybe it will please God for you to curse them for me from there."

When Bil'am saw that it pleased ADONAI to bless Isra'el, he didn't go, as at the other times, to make use of divination, but looked out toward the desert.

Bil'am raised his eyes and saw Isra'el encamped tribe by tribe. Then the Spirit of God came upon him,

the speech of him who hears God's words; who sees what Shaddai sees, who has fallen, yet has open eyes:

They spread out like valleys, like gardens by the riverside, like succulent aloes planted by ADONAI, like cedar trees next to the water.

God, who brought them out of Egypt, gives them the strength of a wild ox. They will devour the nations opposing them, break their bones, pierce them with their arrows.

Now you had better escape to your own place! I had planned to reward you very well, but now ADONAI has deprived you of payment."

that even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not of my own accord go beyond the word of ADONAI to do either good or bad? that what ADONAI said is what I would say?

the speech of him who hears God's words; who knows what 'Elyon knows, who sees what Shaddai sees, who has fallen, yet has open eyes: