## Onkelos Numbers Chapter 23

###### Onkelos Numbers 23:1
[Onkelos Numbers 23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:1)

וַאֲמַר בִּלְעָם לְבָלָק בְּנֵה לִי הָכָא שַׁבְעָא מַדְבְּחִין וְאַתְקֵן לִי הָכָא שַׁבְעָא תוֹרִין וְשַׁבְעָא דִכְרִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bil’am said to Balak: “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:2
[Onkelos Numbers 23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:2)

וַעֲבַד בָּלָק כְּמָא דִי מַלֵּיל בִּלְעָם וְאַסֵּק בָּלָק וּבִלְעָם תּוֹר וּדְכַר עַל כָּל מַדְבְּחָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Balak did as Bil’am requested. Balak and Bil’am then sacrificed as burnt-offerings an ox and a ram on each altar.


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:3
[Onkelos Numbers 23:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:3)

וַאֲמַר בִּלְעָם לְבָלָק אִתְעַתַּד עַל עֲלָתָךְ וְאֵיהַךְ מָאִים יְעָרַע **מֵימַר מִן קֳדָם** יְיָ לָקֳדָמוּתִי וּפִתְגָּמָא דְיַחֲזִנַּנִי וְאֵחַוֵּי לָךְ וַאֲזַל יְחִידִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bil’am said to Balak: “Stand beside your burnt-offering and I will go away. Perhaps, [**a word from before**] Adonoy will appear to me, and whatever He will show me I will tell you.” And he went away alone.


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:4
[Onkelos Numbers 23:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:4)

וַעֲרַע **מֵימַר מִן קֳדָם** יְיָ לְוָת בִּלְעָם וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ יָת שַׁבְעָא מַדְבְּחִין סַדָּרִית וְאַסֵּקִית תּוֹר וּדְכַר עַל כָּל מַדְבְּחָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[**A word from before**] God chanced to appear to Bil’am, and he said to Him: “I have set up the seven altars and I offered [as burnt-offerings] an ox and a ram on the altar.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:5
[Onkelos Numbers 23:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:5)

וְשַׁוִּי יְיָ פִּתְגָּמָא בְּפוּמָא דְבִלְעָם וַאֲמַר תּוּב לְוָת בָּלָק וּכְדֵין תְּמַלֵּל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy put a message in Bil’am's mouth and He said: “Return to Balak and tell him as follows.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:6
[Onkelos Numbers 23:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:6)

וְתָב לְוָתֵיהּ וְהָא מְעַתַּד עַל עֲלָתֵיהּ הוּא וְכָל רַבְרְבֵי מוֹאָב:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When he returned, Balak was still standing next to his burnt-offering together with all the dignitaries of Moav.


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:7
[Onkelos Numbers 23:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:7)

וּנְטַל מַתְלֵיהּ וַאֲמַר מִן אֲרָם דַּבְּרַנִי בָלָק מַלְכָּא דְמוֹאָב מִטּוּרֵי מַדִּינְחָא אִיתָא לוּט לִי יַעֲקֹב וְאִיתָא תָּרֵךְ לִי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bil’am set forth his parable, and said: “From Aram has Balak, King of Moav, brought me, out of the mountains of the east [saying]: 'Come, curse Yaakov for me; go, invoke wrath against Yisroel.


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:8
[Onkelos Numbers 23:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:8)

מָא אֲלוֹטֵיהּ דְלָא לַטְיֵהּ אֵל וּמָא אֲתָרְכֵיהּ דְּלָא תָרְכֵיהּ יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
How can I curse, when God has not cursed? What Divine wrath can I evoke if Adonoy has not been angry?


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:9
[Onkelos Numbers 23:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:9)

אֲרֵי מֵרֵישׁ טוּרַיָּא חֲזִיתֵיהּ וּמֵרָמָתָא סְכִיתֵיהּ הָא עַמָּא בִּלְחוֹדֵיהוֹן **עֲתִידִין דְּיַחְסְנוּן עָלְמָא** וּבַעֲמָמַיָּא **לָא יִתְדָּנוּן גְּמִירָא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For I view it, from the mountain peaks, I gaze upon it from the hills; behold! A people which shall dwell alone [**and are destined to inhabit the world**] and will not be reckoned among the nations [**not be judged for annihilation**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:10
[Onkelos Numbers 23:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:10)

מָן יֵיכוֹל לְמִמְנֵי דַּעְדְּקַיָּא **דְבֵית** יַעֲקֹב **דְּאָמִיר עֲלֵיהוֹן יִסְגּוּן כְּעַפְרָא דְאַרְעָא** אוֹ **חֲדָא מֵאַרְבַּע מַשִּׁרְיָתָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל** תְּמוּת נַפְשִׁי מוֹתָא דְקַשִּׁיטוֹהִי וִיהֵי סוֹפִי כְּוָתְהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Who can count the dust of [**the house of**] Yaakov [**of whom it is said: they will multiply as the dust of the earth**] or count the seed of Yisroel [**or one of the four camps of Yisrael**]? May my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:11
[Onkelos Numbers 23:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:11)

וַאֲמַר בָּלָק לְבִלְעָם מֶה עֲבַדְתְּ לִי לְמֵילַט סַנְאַי דְּבַרְתִּיךְ וְהָא בָרָכָא מְבָרְכַת לְהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Balak said to Bil’am: “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies but you have in fact blessed them!”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:12
[Onkelos Numbers 23:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:12)

וַאֲתֵב וַאֲמַר הֲלָא יָת דִּישַׁוִּי יְיָ בְּפוּמִי יָתֵיהּ אֶטַּר לְמַלָּלָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bil’am replied and said: “Only what Adonoy tells me must I be careful to say.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:13
[Onkelos Numbers 23:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:13)

וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ בָּלָק אִיתָא כְעַן עִמִּי לַאֲתַר אוֹחֳרַן דְּתֵחֲזִנֵּיהּ מִתַּמָּן לְחוֹד קְצָתֵיהּ תֶּחֱזֵי וְכוּלֵּיהּ לָא תֶחֱזֵי וּתְלוּטֵיהּ לִי מִתַּמָּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Balak then said to him, “Come with me to another place from where you will see them. But you will see only a part of them, without seeing them all, and curse them for me from there.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:14
[Onkelos Numbers 23:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:14)

וְדַבְּרֵיהּ לַחֲקַל סְכוּתָא לְרֵישׁ רָמָתָא וּבְנָא שַׁבְעָא מַדְבְּחִין וְאַסֵּק תּוֹר וּדְכַר עַל כָּל מַדְבְּחָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He took him [Bil’am] to the field of Tzofim, to the peak of the mountain; he built seven altars and sacrificed as a burnt-offering a bull and a ram on each altar.


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:15
[Onkelos Numbers 23:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:15)

וַאֲמַר לְבָלָק אִתְעַתַּד הָכָא עַל עֲלָתָךְ וַאֲנָא אִתְמְטֵי **עַד כָּא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He then said to Balak: “Stand here next to your burnt-offering, and I will be called here by chance [**will continue there**].”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:16
[Onkelos Numbers 23:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:16)

וַעֲרַע **מֵימַר מִן קֳדָם** יְיָ לְבִלְעָם וְשַׁוִּי פִתְגָּמָא בְּפוּמֵיהּ וַאֲמַר תּוּב לְוָת בָּלָק וּכְדֵין תְּמַלֵּל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[**A word from before**] Adonoy chanced to appear to Bil’am and placed the word in his mouth; He said: “Return to Balak and say as follows.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:17
[Onkelos Numbers 23:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:17)

וַאֲתָא לְוָתֵיהּ וְהוּא מְעַתַּד עַל עֲלָתֵיהּ וְרַבְרְבֵי מוֹאָב עִמֵּיהּ וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ בָּלָק מָא מַלִּיל יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When he returned, he (Balak) was still standing next to his burnt-offering accompanied by the Moavite dignitaries; Balak asked: “What did Adonoy say?”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:18
[Onkelos Numbers 23:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:18)

וּנְטַל מַתְלֵיהּ וַאֲמַר קוּם בָּלָק וּשְׁמַע אָצֵית **לְמֵימְרִי** בַּר צִפֹּר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bil’am set forth his parable, and said: “Arise, Balak, and hear, listen closely to me [**my word**], son of Tzipor.


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:19
[Onkelos Numbers 23:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:19)

**לָא כְמִלֵּי בְנֵי אֱנָשָׁא מֵימַר אֱלָהָא בְּנֵי אֱנָשָׁא אָמְרִין וּמְכַדְּבִין וְאַף לָא כְּעוֹבָדֵי בְנֵי בִשְׂרָא דִּי אִנּוּן גָּזְרִין לְמֶעְבַּד וְתַיְּבִין וּמִתְמַלְּכִין דְּהוּא אָמַר וְעָבֵד וְכָל מֵימְרֵיהּ מִתְקַיָּם**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
God is not like man that He should act falsely, nor is He mortal that He should change His mind. [**God’s word is not as that of man who speaks with deceit. Nor is it as that of mankind who decree and then change their mind**] Would He say and not do it? Or speak and not fulfill it [**He says and does, and His word endures**]?


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:20
[Onkelos Numbers 23:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:20)

הָא בִרְכָן קַבֵּלִית וַאֲבָרֵכִנֵּיהּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְלָא **אָתֵב בִּרְכְּתִי מִנֵּיהּ**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Behold, I was commanded to bless, and [when] He has blessed, I cannot reverse it [**turn my blessing from him**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:21
[Onkelos Numbers 23:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:21)

**אִסְתַּכָּלִית לֵית פָּלְחֵי גִּלּוּלִין בִּדְבֵית** יַעֲקֹב **וְאַף לָא עָבְדֵי לֵאוּת שְׁקַר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָהוֹן בְּסַעְדְּהוֹן וּשְׁכִינַת מַלְכְּהוֹן בֵּינֵיהוֹן**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[**Behold,**] One does not see evildoers [**there are no idol worshippers**] in [**the house of**] Yaakov; and He has seen no transgression [**nor is there the work of liars**] in Yisroel; [**the word of**] Adonoy, his God, is with [**aids them**] him, and he has the King's friendship [**and the Shechinah of their King is among them**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:22
[Onkelos Numbers 23:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:22)

אֱלָהָא דְּאַפֵּקִנּוּן מִמּצְרָיִם **תּוּקְפָּא וְרוּמָא דִּילֵיהּ**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
God Who has brought them out of Egypt, has shown His great strength to them [**with His might and loftiness**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:23
[Onkelos Numbers 23:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:23)

אֲרֵי **לָא נַחֲשַׁיָּא צָבָן דְּיִיטַב לִדְבֵית** יַעֲקֹב וְאַף **לָא קְסָמַיָּא רְעַן בִּרְבוּת בֵּית** יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּעִדַּן יִתְאַמַּר לְיַעֲקֹב וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל מֶה עֲבַד אֱלָהָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For, there is no sorcery in [**sorcerers wish no good to come to the house of**] Yaakov, nor occult powers against [**nor greatness for the house of**] Yisroel; in due time it will be said to Yaakov and Yisroel, 'What has God done?'


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:24
[Onkelos Numbers 23:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:24)

הָא עַמָּא כְּלֵיתָא **שָׁרֵי** וּכְאַרְיָא יִתְנַטָּל לָא **יִשְׁרֵי בְאַרְעֵיהּ** עַד **דְּיִקְטוֹל קְטוֹל וְנִכְסֵי עַמְמַיָּא יֵירָת**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Behold, a people that rises [**dwells**] like a young lion, and lifts itself up like a lion; he does not lie down [**dwell in his land**] until it devours its prey [**slaughters the kill**] and drinks the blood of its kill [**inherits the wealth of nations**].”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:25
[Onkelos Numbers 23:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:25)

וַאֲמַר בָּלָק לְבִלְעָם אַף מֵילַט לָא תְלוּטִנּוּן אַף בְּרָכָא לָא תְבָרֵכִנּוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Balak said to Bil’am: “Also do not curse them, also do not bless them.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:26
[Onkelos Numbers 23:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:26)

וַאֲתֵב בִּלְעָם וַאֲמַר לְבָלָק הֲלָא מַלֵּלִית עִמָּךְ לְמֵימָר כֹּל דִּי יְמַלֵּל יְיָ יָתֵיהּ אֶעְבֵּד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bil’am answered Balak and said: “Did I not tell you that all that Adonoy tells me will I do.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:27
[Onkelos Numbers 23:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:27)

וַאֲמַר בָּלָק לְבִלְעָם אִיתָא כְעַן אֲדַבְּרִנָּךְ לַאֲתַר אָחֳרָן מָאִים **יְהֵי רַעֲוָא מִן קֳדָם** יְיָ וּתְלוּטֵיהּ לִי מִתַּמָּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Balak then said to Bil’am: “Come, I will take you somewhere else, perhaps God will consider it proper [**it will be the will before Hashem**] and you will curse them for me, from there.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:28
[Onkelos Numbers 23:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:28)

וּדְבַר בָּלָק יָת בִּלְעָם רֵישׁ רָמָתָא דְּמִסְתַּכְּיָא עַל אַפֵּי בֵית יְשִׁימוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Balak took Bil’am to the peak of Pe’or which overlooks the Yeshimon.


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:29
[Onkelos Numbers 23:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:29)

וַאֲמַר בִּלְעָם לְבָלָק בְּנֵה לִי הָכָא שַׁבְעָא מַדְבְּחִין וְאַתְקֵין לִי הָכָא שַׁבְעָא תוֹרִין וְשַׁבְעָא דִכְרִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bil’am said to Balak: “Build seven altars for me here and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 23:30
[Onkelos Numbers 23:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/23:30)

וַעֲבַד בָּלָק כְּמָא דִי אֲמַר בִּלְעָם וְאַסֵּק תּוֹר וּדְכַר עַל כָּל מַדְבְּחָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Balak did as Bil’am said, and he sacrificed as a burnt-offering a bull and a ram on each altar.