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Numbers 23 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 И҆ речѐ валаа́мъ къ вала́кꙋ: сози́жди мнѣ̀ здѣ̀ се́дмь тре́бищъ, и҆ ᲂу҆гото́вай мнѣ̀ здѣ̀ се́дмь тельцє́въ и҆ се́дмь ѻ҆внѡ́въ.
1 Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
2 И҆ сотворѝ вала́къ, ꙗ҆́коже речѐ є҆мꙋ̀ валаа́мъ: и҆ вознесѐ тельца̀ и҆ ѻ҆вна̀ на тре́бище.
2 Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
3 И҆ речѐ валаа́мъ къ вала́кꙋ: ста́ни ᲂу҆ тре́бы своеѧ̀, и҆ пойдꙋ̀, а҆́ще ꙗ҆ви́тсѧ мнѣ̀ бг҃ъ въ срѣ́тенїе, и҆ сло́во, є҆́же мнѣ̀ ᲂу҆ка́жетъ, повѣ́мъ тебѣ̀. И҆ ста̀ вала́къ ᲂу҆ тре́бы своеѧ̀.
3 Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” He went to a bare height.
4 И҆ валаа́мъ и҆́де вопроси́ти бг҃а, и҆ и҆́де прѧ́мѡ: и҆ ꙗ҆ви́сѧ бг҃ъ валаа́мꙋ. И҆ речѐ къ немꙋ̀ валаа́мъ: се́дмь тре́бищъ и҆згото́вихъ и҆ возложи́хъ тельца̀ и҆ ѻ҆вна̀ на тре́бище.
4 God met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.”
5 И҆ вложѝ бг҃ъ сло́во во ᲂу҆ста̀ валаа́мꙋ и҆ речѐ: возврати́всѧ къ вала́кꙋ та́кѡ глаго́ли.
5 Yahweh put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
6 И҆ возврати́сѧ къ немꙋ̀: ѻ҆́нъ же стоѧ́ше ᲂу҆ всесожже́нїй свои́хъ, и҆ всѝ кнѧ̑зи мѡа̑вли съ ни́мъ: и҆ бы́сть дх҃ъ бж҃їй на не́мъ.
6 He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 И҆ воспрїи́мъ при́тчꙋ свою̀ речѐ: ѿ месопота́мїи приведе́ мѧ вала́къ ца́рь мѡа́вль, ѿ го́ръ восто́чныхъ, глаго́лѧ: грѧдѝ, проклени́ ми і҆а́кѡва, и҆ грѧдѝ, проклени́ ми і҆и҃лѧ:
7 He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
8 что̀ прокленꙋ̀, є҆гѡ́же не клене́тъ гдⷭ҇ь; и҆лѝ что̀ ѕло̀ рекꙋ̀, є҆гѡ́же не ѕлосло́витъ бг҃ъ;
8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?
9 ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿ верха̀ го́ръ ᲂу҆зрю̀ є҆го̀ и҆ ѿ хѡ́лмъ проꙋразꙋмѣ́ю є҆го̀: сѐ, лю́дїе є҆ди́ни населѧ́тсѧ и҆ со ꙗ҆зы̑ки не вмѣнѧ́тсѧ:
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations.
10 кто̀ и҆зслѣ́дитъ сѣ́мѧ і҆а́кѡвле; и҆ кто̀ и҆зочте́тъ со́нмы і҆и҃лѧ; да ᲂу҆́мретъ дꙋша̀ моѧ̀ въ дꙋша́хъ првⷣныхъ, и҆ бꙋ́ди сѣ́мѧ моѐ, ꙗ҆́коже сѣ́мѧ и҆́хъ.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, or count the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!”
11 И҆ речѐ вала́къ къ валаа́мꙋ: что̀ сотвори́лъ є҆сѝ мѝ; на проклѧ́тїе вра̑гъ мои́хъ призва́хъ тѧ̀, и҆ сѐ, благослови́лъ є҆сѝ (ѧ҆̀) благослове́нїемъ.
11 Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether.”
12 И҆ речѐ валаа́мъ къ вала́кꙋ: не є҆ли̑ка ли вло́житъ бг҃ъ во ᲂу҆ста̀ моѧ̑, сїѐ сохраню̀ глаго́лати;
12 He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?”
13 И҆ речѐ къ немꙋ̀ вала́къ: пойдѝ є҆щѐ со мно́ю на мѣ́сто и҆́но, съ негѡ́же не ᲂу҆́зриши и҆́хъ ѿтꙋ́дꙋ, но ра́звѣ ча́сть нѣ́кꙋю и҆́хъ ᲂу҆́зриши, всѣ́хъ же не ᲂу҆́зриши, и҆ проклени́ ми и҆̀хъ ѿтꙋ́дꙋ.
13 Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, where you may see them. You shall see just part of them, and shall not see them all. Curse them from there for me.”
14 И҆ поѧ̀ є҆го̀ на стра́жꙋ села̀, на ве́рхъ и҆сте́санагѡ, и҆ созда̀ та́мѡ се́дмь тре́бищъ, и҆ возложѝ тельца̀ и҆ ѻ҆вна̀ на тре́бище.
14 He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
15 И҆ речѐ валаа́мъ къ вала́кꙋ: ста́ни ᲂу҆ тре́бы своеѧ̀, а҆́зъ же пойдꙋ̀ вопроси́ти бг҃а.
15 He said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet God over there.”
16 И҆ срѣ́те бг҃ъ валаа́ма, и҆ вложѝ сло́во во ᲂу҆ста̀ є҆мꙋ̀ и҆ речѐ: возврати́сѧ къ вала́кꙋ, и҆ рече́ши сїѧ̑.
16 Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.”
17 И҆ возврати́сѧ къ немꙋ̀: ѻ҆́нъ же стоѧ́ше ᲂу҆ всесожже́нїй свои́хъ, и҆ всѝ кнѧ̑зи мѡа̑вли съ ни́мъ. И҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀ вала́къ: что̀ гл҃а гдⷭ҇ь;
17 He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, “What has Yahweh spoken?”
18 И҆ воспрїи́мъ при́тчꙋ свою̀, речѐ: воста́ни, вала́къ, и҆ послꙋ́шай, внꙋшѝ свидѣ́тель, сы́не сепфѡ́ровъ:
18 He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
19 не ꙗ҆́кѡ человѣ́къ бг҃ъ коле́блетсѧ, нижѐ ꙗ҆́кѡ сы́нъ человѣ́ческїй и҆змѣнѧ́етсѧ: то́й гл҃аше, не сотвори́тъ ли; рече́тъ, и҆ не пребꙋ́детъ ли;
19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good?
20 сѐ, благословлѧ́ти приведе́нъ є҆́смь: благословлю̀, и҆ не ѿвращꙋ̀:
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.
21 не бꙋ́детъ трꙋда̀ во і҆а́кѡвѣ, нижѐ ᲂу҆́зритсѧ болѣ́знь во і҆и҃ли: гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ є҆гѡ̀ съ ни́мъ, сла́ва ца́рскаѧ на не́мъ:
21 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.
22 бг҃ъ и҆зведы́й є҆го̀ и҆з̾ є҆гѵ́пта, ꙗ҆́коже сла́ва є҆диноро́га въ не́мъ:
22 God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
23 нѣ́сть бо вражбы̀ во і҆а́кѡвѣ, нижѐ волхвова́нїѧ во і҆и҃ли: во вре́мѧ нарече́тсѧ і҆а́кѡвꙋ и҆ і҆и҃лю, что̀ соверши́тъ бг҃ъ:
23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’
24 сѐ, лю́дїе ꙗ҆́кѡ льви̑чища воста́нꙋтъ, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ ле́въ вознесе́тсѧ: не ᲂу҆́снетъ, до́ндеже снѣ́стъ ло́въ и҆ кро́вь посѣ́ченыхъ и҆спїе́тъ.
24 Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”
25 И҆ речѐ вала́къ къ валаа́мꙋ: ни клѧ́твами мнѣ̀ кленѝ и҆̀хъ, нижѐ благослове́нїемъ благословѝ и҆̀хъ.
25 Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.”
26 И҆ ѿвѣща́въ валаа́мъ, речѐ къ вала́кꙋ: не рѣ́хъ ли тѝ, глаго́лѧ: сло́во, є҆́же а҆́ще возгл҃етъ бг҃ъ, сїѐ сотворю̀;
26 But Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do’?”
27 И҆ речѐ вала́къ къ валаа́мꙋ: грѧдѝ, поймꙋ́ тѧ на мѣ́сто и҆́но, а҆́ще ᲂу҆го́дно бꙋ́детъ бг҃ꙋ, и҆ проклени́ ми и҆̀хъ ѿтꙋ́дꙋ.
27 Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
28 И҆ поѧ̀ вала́къ валаа́ма на ве́рхъ фогѡ́ра, простира́ющасѧ въ пꙋсты́ню.
28 Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
29 И҆ речѐ валаа́мъ къ вала́кꙋ: сози́жди мнѣ̀ здѣ̀ се́дмь тре́бищъ, и҆ ᲂу҆гото́вай мнѣ̀ здѣ̀ се́дмь тельцє́въ и҆ се́дмь ѻ҆внѡ́въ.
29 Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”
30 И҆ сотворѝ вала́къ, ꙗ҆́коже речѐ є҆мꙋ̀ валаа́мъ: и҆ вознесѐ тельца̀ и҆ ѻ҆вна̀ на тре́бище.
30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
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People
Balak
The son of Zippor and king of Moab, who feared Israel and hired Balaam to curse them, but each oracle from the high places turned into a blessing.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 22:2; Numbers 22:4; Numbers 23:2
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Numbers 23:29; Jude 11; Matthew 23:13; 2 Chronicles 29:21; Proverbs 15:8
- 2 Numbers 23:30; Numbers 23:14
- 3 Numbers 23:15; Genesis 8:20; Leviticus 1:1; Genesis 22:13; Genesis 22:2
- 4 Numbers 23:16; Luke 18:12; Ephesians 2:9; Numbers 22:20; Romans 3:27
- 5 Jeremiah 1:9; Deuteronomy 18:18; Isaiah 51:16; Isaiah 59:21; Numbers 23:16
- 7 Numbers 24:3; Numbers 22:5–6; Deuteronomy 23:4; Numbers 23:18; Job 29:1
- 8 Numbers 23:23; Isaiah 44:25; Numbers 23:20; Numbers 22:12; Isaiah 47:12–13
- 9 Deuteronomy 33:28; Deuteronomy 32:8; Exodus 33:16; Esther 3:8; Ezra 9:2
- 10 Genesis 13:16; Psalm 37:37; Psalm 116:15; Revelation 14:13; 2 Corinthians 5:1
- 11 Nehemiah 13:2; Numbers 24:10; Psalm 109:17–20; Numbers 23:7–8; Numbers 22:17
- 12 Numbers 22:38; Numbers 23:26; Numbers 24:13; Proverbs 26:25; Numbers 23:20
- 13 Psalm 109:17; James 3:9–10; Joshua 24:9; 1 Kings 20:28; Numbers 22:41
- 14 Isaiah 1:10–11; Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 4:49; Hosea 12:11; Isaiah 46:6
- 15 Numbers 23:3; Numbers 22:8
- 16 Numbers 23:5; Numbers 22:35; Numbers 24:1
- 17 Numbers 23:26; Jeremiah 37:17; 1 Samuel 3:17
- 18 Judges 3:20
- 19 1 Samuel 15:29; James 1:17; Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 6:18; Titus 1:2
- 20 John 10:27–29; Numbers 22:12; Genesis 12:2; Genesis 22:17; Isaiah 43:13
- 21 Psalm 23:4; Matthew 1:23; Jeremiah 50:20; Romans 4:7–8; Exodus 29:45–46
- 22 Numbers 24:8; Deuteronomy 33:17; Job 39:9–11; Exodus 20:2; Psalm 22:21
- 23 Luke 10:18–19; Joshua 13:22; Numbers 24:1; Micah 6:4–5; Romans 16:20
- 24 Genesis 49:27; Genesis 49:9; Revelation 5:5; Numbers 24:8–9; Numbers 24:17
- 25 Psalm 2:1–3
- 26 Acts 5:29; Numbers 22:18; Acts 4:19–20; Numbers 22:38; 2 Chronicles 18:13
- 27 Romans 11:29; Numbers 23:13; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 46:10–11; Isaiah 14:27
- 28 Numbers 21:20; Psalm 106:28
- 29 Numbers 23:1–2
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