¹And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] set forward, and pitched in the plains of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] on this side Yarden [Descender] [by] Yericho [Its Moon] .

²And Balak [Devastator] the son of Zippor [Sparrow] saw all that Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] had done to the Emori [Highlanders] .

³And Mo’av [Seed of my Father] was sore afraid of the people, because they [were] many: and Mo’av [Seed of my Father] was distressed because of the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

⁴And Mo’av [Seed of my Father] said unto the elders of Midyan [Strife] , Now shall this company lick up all [that are] round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. And Balak [Devastator] the son of Zippor [Sparrow] [was] king of the Mo’avi [of his father] at that time.

⁵He sent messengers therefore unto Bil’am [Not of the People] the son of B’or [Burning] to P’tor [Soothsayer (one who fortells the future by ungodly means)] , which [is] by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] : behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

⁶Come now therefore, I pray youi , curse me this people; for they [are] too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, [that] we may strike them, and [that] I may drive them out of the land: for I know that he whom youi bless [is] Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) , and he whom youi curse is cursed.

⁷And the elders of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] and the elders of Midyan [Strife] departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Bil’am [Not of the People] , and spoke unto him the words of Balak [Devastator] .

⁸And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall speak unto me: and the princes of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] abode with Bil’am [Not of the People] .

⁹And God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] came unto Bil’am [Not of the People] , and said, What men [are] these with youi ?

¹⁰And Bil’am [Not of the People] said unto God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , Balak [Devastator] the son of Zippor [Sparrow] , king of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] , has sent unto me, [saying] ,

¹¹Behold, [there is] a people come out of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] , which covers the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; perhaps I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

¹²And God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] said unto Bil’am [Not of the People] , youi shall not go with them; youi shall not curse the people: for they [are] Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) .

¹³And Bil’am [Not of the People] rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak [Devastator] , Get you into your land: for the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) refuses to give me leave to go with you.

¹⁴And the princes of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] rose up, and they went unto Balak [Devastator] , and said, Bil’am [Not of the People] refuses to come with us.

¹⁵And Balak [Devastator] sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.

¹⁶And they came to Bil’am [Not of the People] , and said to him, Thus says Balak [Devastator] the son of Zippor [Sparrow] , Let nothing, I pray youi , hinder youi from coming unto me:

¹⁷For I will promote youi unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever youi say unto me: come therefore, I pray youi , curse me this people.

¹⁸And Bil’am [Not of the People] answered and said unto the servants of Balak [Devastator] , If Balak [Devastator] would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) my God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , to do less or more.

¹⁹Now therefore, I pray you, wait you2f also here this night, that I may know what the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) will say unto me more.

²⁰And God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] came unto Bil’am [Not of the People] at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call youi , rise up, [and] go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto youi , that shall youi do.

²¹And Bil’am [Not of the People] rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] .

²²And God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] ’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants [were] with him.

²³And the ass saw the angel of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Bil’am [Not of the People] struck the ass, to turn her into the way.

²⁴But the angel of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall [being] on this side, and a wall on that side.

²⁵And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Bil’am [Not of the People] ’s foot against the wall: and he struck her again.

²⁶And the angel of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) went further, and stood in a narrow place, where [was] no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

²⁷And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , she fell down under Bil’am [Not of the People] : and Bil’am [Not of the People] ’s anger was kindled, and he struck the ass with a staff.

²⁸And the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Bil’am [Not of the People] , What have I done unto youi , that youi have smitten me these three times?

²⁹And Bil’am [Not of the People] said unto the ass, Because youi have mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill youi .

³⁰And the ass said unto Bil’am [Not of the People] , [Am] not I youi ass, upon which youi have ridden ever since [I was] youi unto this day? was I ever won’t to do so unto youi ? And he said, No.

³¹Then the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) opened the eyes of Bil’am [Not of the People] , and he saw the angel of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

³²And the angel of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said unto him, For what reason have youi smitten youi ass these three times? behold, I went out that is to withstand youi , because [you ] way is perverse before me:

³³And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain youi , and saved her alive.

³⁴And Bil’am [Not of the People] said unto the angel of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , I have sinned; for I knew not that youi stood in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease youi , I will get me back again.

³⁵And the angel of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said unto Bil’am [Not of the People] , Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto youi , that youi shall speak. So Bil’am [Not of the People] went with the princes of Balak [Devastator] .

³⁶And when Balak [Devastator] heard that Bil’am [Not of the People] was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] , which [is] in the border of ‘Arnon [Rushing Stream] , which [is] in the utmost coast.

³⁷And Balak [Devastator] said unto Bil’am [Not of the People] , Did I not earnestly send unto youi to call youi ? wherefore came youi not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote youi to honour?

³⁸And Bil’am [Not of the People] said unto Balak [Devastator] , Lo, I am come unto youi : have I now any power at all to (to do entirely, do wholly) say anything? the word that God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.

³⁹And Bil’am [Not of the People] went with Balak [Devastator] , and they came unto Kiryat-Hutzot [City of Streets] .

⁴⁰And Balak [Devastator] offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Bil’am [Not of the People] , and to the princes that [were] with him.

⁴¹And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak [Devastator] took Bil’am [Not of the People] , and brought him up into the high places of Ba’al [lord (a false god)] , that there he might see the utmost [part] of the people.