Numbers 23:7
King James VersionSource notes
“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, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.”
Context
4And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon altar a bullock and a ram.
5And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, the LORD hath not defied?
9For 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.
10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!