Bilangan 23:13-17

23:13 Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from which you can observe them. You will see only a part of them, but you will not see all of them. Curse them for me from there.”

23:14 So Balak brought Balaam ¹  to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, ²  where ³  he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. 23:15 And Balaam ⁴  said to Balak, “Station yourself here ⁵  by your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord there. 23:16 Then the Lord met Balaam and put a message ⁶  in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.” 23:17 When Balaam ⁷  came to him, he was still standing by his burnt offering, along with the princes of Moab. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”

[23:14]  ¹ tn Heb “he brought him”; the referents (Balak and Balaam) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:14]  ² tn Some scholars do not translate this word as “Pisgah,” but rather as a “lookout post” or an “elevated place.”

[23:14]  ³ tn Heb “and he built.”

[23:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Balaam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:15]  ⁵ tn The verse uses כֹּה (koh) twice: “Station yourself here…I will meet [the Lord] there.”

[23:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “word.”

[23:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Balaam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.