## Onkelos Numbers Chapter 24

###### Onkelos Numbers 24:1
[Onkelos Numbers 24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:1)

וַחֲזָא בִלְעָם אֲרֵי **תַקִּין קֳדָם** יְיָ לְבָרָכָא יָת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלָא הֲלַךְ כִּזְמַן בִּזְמַן אֶלָּהֵן לָקֳדָמוּת נְחָשַׁיָּא וְשַׁוִּי לְמַדְבְּרָא אַפּוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When Bil’am saw that it was favorable [**fitting before**] to Adonoy to bless Yisroel, he did not approach, as at each time, towards sorcery; but he set his face toward the wilderness.


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:2
[Onkelos Numbers 24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:2)

וּזְקֵף בִּלְעָם יָת עֵנוֹהִי וַחֲזָא יָת יִשְׂרָאֵל שָׁרָן לְשִׁבְטוֹהִי וּשְׁרַת עֲלוֹהִי רוּחַ **נְבוּאָה מִן קֳדָם** יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bil’am raised his eyes and saw Israel encamped according to its tribes, and the spirit of God rested upon him [**prophesy from before Hashem**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:3
[Onkelos Numbers 24:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:3)

וּנְטַל מַתְלֵיהּ וַאֲמַר אֵמַר בִּלְעָם בְּרֵיהּ בְּעוֹר וְאֵמַר גַּבְרָא **דְּשַׁפִּיר חָזֵי**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He set forth his parable, and said: “This is the declaration of Bil’am, the son of Be’or; this is the declaration of the man of the open-socketed eye [**who sees well**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:4
[Onkelos Numbers 24:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:4)

אֵמַר דִּשְׁמַע מֵימַר **מִן קֳדָם** אֵל וְחֵזוּ **מִן קֳדָם** שַׁדַּי חָזֵי שְׁכִיב **וּמִתְגְּלֵי לֵיהּ**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
This is the declaration of one who hears [**from before**] God's utterance, who sees the vision of [**from before**] the Almighty; fallen, with opened eyes [**it is apparent to him**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:5
[Onkelos Numbers 24:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:5)

מָא טָבָא **אַרְעָךְ** יַעֲקֹב בֵּית מֵישְׁרָיךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
How goodly are your tents [**land**], Yaakov, your dwelling places, Yisroel.


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:6
[Onkelos Numbers 24:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:6)

כְּנַחֲלִין **דְּמִדַּבְּרִין כְּגִנַּת שַׁקְיָא דְעַל פְּרָת** כְּבוּסְמַיָּא דִּנְצִיב יְיָ כְּאַרְזִין **דִּנְצִיבִין** עַל מַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They stretch forth like streams, like gardens by the river [**flowing like irrigated gardens near Peras**], like the aloe trees that Adonoy has planted; like cedar trees [**standing**] by the water.


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:7
[Onkelos Numbers 24:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:7)

**יִסְגֵּי מַלְכָּא דְּיִתְרַבָּא מִבְּנוֹהִי וְיִשְׁלוֹט בְּעַמְמִין סַגִּיאִין** וְיִתְקוֹף מֵאֲגַג מַלְכֵּיהּ וְתִתְנְטֵל מַלְכוּתֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Water flows out from his buckets, and his seed will have an abundant flow [**the anointed king shall grow and rule over many nations**]; his king will be greater than Agag and his monarchy shall be uplifted.


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:8
[Onkelos Numbers 24:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:8)

אֱלָהָא דְּאַפֵּקִנּוּן מִמִּצְרַיִם **תָּקְפָּא וְרוּמָא דִּילֵיהּ יֵיכְלוּן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נִכְסֵי עַמְמַיָּא סַנְאֵיהוֹן וּבְבִזַּת מַלְכֵּיהוֹן יִתְפַּנְּקוּן וְאַרְעַתְהוֹן יַחְסְנוּן**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
God Who has brought him out of Egypt, has shown His great strength to him [**might and loftiness is His**]; He will consume His enemy nations, crushing their bones and dip His arrows [in their blood] [**Bnei Yisroel will eat from the wealth of the nations—their enemies, and will enjoy the spoils of their kings, and will inhabit their land**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:9
[Onkelos Numbers 24:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:9)

**יְנוּחַ יִשְׁרֵי בִתְקוֹף** כְּאַרְיָא וּכְלֵיתָא **לֵית מַלְכוּ דִתְזַעְזְעִינֵיהּ** בְּרִיכָךְ יְהוֹן בְּרִיכִין וְלִיטָיךְ יְהוֹן לִיטִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He crouches and lies [**rests and dwells with might**] like a lion, and, being a lion, who would dare rouse him? [**No kingdom can cause him fear.**] those who bless you are blessed, and those who curse you are cursed.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:10
[Onkelos Numbers 24:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:10)

וּתְקֵף רוּגְזָא דְבָלָק בְּבִלְעָם וּשְׁקָפִנּוּן לִידוֹהִי וַאֲמַר בָּלָק לְבִלְעָם לְמֵילַט סַנְאַי קְרִיתָךְ וְהָא בָּרָכָא מְבָרְכַת לְהוֹן דְּנַן תְּלַת זִמְנִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Balak became enraged at Bil’am and clapped his hands together; Balak then said to Bil’am: “I called you to curse my enemies, but you have blessed them these three times.


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:11
[Onkelos Numbers 24:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:11)

וּכְעַן **אֵזִיל** לָךְ לְאַתְרָךְ אֲמָרִית יְקָרָא אֲיַקְּרִנָּךְ וְהָא מְנָעָךְ יְיָ מִן יְקָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Now, hurry [**go**] back home! I said I would exceedingly honor you, but Adonoy has held you back from honor.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:12
[Onkelos Numbers 24:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:12)

וַאֲמַר בִּלְעָם לְבָלָק הֲלָא אַף לְאִזְגַדָּיךְ דִּי שַׁלְּחַת לְוָתִי מַלֵּלִית לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bil’am said to Balak: “Even to your emissaries whom you sent to me I said:


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:13
[Onkelos Numbers 24:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:13)

אִם יִתֶּן לִי בָלָק מְלֵי בֵיתֵיהּ כְּסַף וּדְהַב לֵית **לִי רְשׁוּ** לְמֶעְבַּר עַל **גְּזֵרַת מֵימְרָא** דַיְיָ לְמֶעְבַּד טַבְתָא אוֹ בִישְׁתָא **מֵרְעוּתִי** דִּימַלֵּל יְיָ יָתֵיהּ אֲמַלֵּל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
‘Even if Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot transgress the word of Adonoy to do good or evil [**from**] on my own [**will**];’ only what Adonoy declares will I speak.


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:14
[Onkelos Numbers 24:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:14)

וּכְעַן הָא אֲנָא אָזֵל לְעַמִּי אִיתָא אֲמַלְכִינָךְ **מָא דְתַעְבֵּד** וַאֲחַוֵּי לָךְ מָא דְיַעְבֵּד עַמָּא הָדֵין לְעַמָּךְ בְּסוֹף יוֹמַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And now that I am returning to my people, come, I will advise you [**what you should do and I will show you**] what this people will do to your people in the end of days.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:15
[Onkelos Numbers 24:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:15)

וּנְטַל מַתְלֵיהּ וַאֲמַר אֵמַר בִּלְעָם בְּרֵיהּ בְּעוֹר וְאֵמַר גַּבְרָא **דְּשַׁפִּיר חָזֵי**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He set forth his parable, and said: “This is the declaration of Bil’am the son of Beor, the declaration of the man, of the open-sockered eye [**sees well**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:16
[Onkelos Numbers 24:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:16)

אֵמַר דִּשְׁמַע מֵימַר מִן **קֳדָם** אֵל וִידַע מַדַּע מִן **קֳדָם** עִלָּאָה חֵזוּ מִן קֳדָם שַׁדַּי חָזֵי שְׁכִיב **וּמִתְגְּלֵי לֵיהּ**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
This is the declaration of one who hears God's utterances and knows the thoughts of the Most Exalted; who sees the vision of the Almighty; fallen, with opened eyes [**and is apparent to him**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:17
[Onkelos Numbers 24:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:17)

חֲזִיתֵיהּ וְלָא כְעַן סְכִיתֵיהּ **וְלָא אִיתוֹהִי קָרִיב כַּד יְקוּם מַלְכָּא** מִיַּעֲקֹב **וְיִתְרַבָּא מְשִׁיחָא** מִיִּשְׁרָאֵל **וְיִקְטוֹל רַבְרְבֵי** מוֹאָב **וְיִשְׁלוֹט בְּכָל בְּנֵי אֱנָשָׁא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
I see it but not now, I perceive it but not in the near future; a star [**king**] has gone forth from Yaakov, and a staff has arisen [**the Moshiach will be magnified by**] from Yisroel, which will smash the corners [**kill the leaders**] of Moav, and impale all of the sons of Sheis [**will rule over mankind**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:18
[Onkelos Numbers 24:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:18)

וִיהֵי אֱדוֹם יְרֻתָּא וִיהֵי יְרֻתָּא שֵׂעִיר לְבַעֲלֵי דְבָבוֹהִי וְיִשְׂרָאֵל **יַצְלַח בְּנִכְסִין**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Edom will be possession and Seir shall become the possession of his enemies; but Yisroel will triumph [**be successful in enterprise**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:19
[Onkelos Numbers 24:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:19)

וְיֵחוּת חַד **מִדְּבֵית** יַעֲקֹב וְיוֹבֵד מְשֵׁזֵב מִקִּרְיַת עַמְמַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A ruler shall come from [**the house of**] Yaakov, who will annihilate the survivors of the city.”


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

וַחֲזָא יָת עֲמַלְקָאָה וּנְטַל מַתְלֵיהּ וַאֲמַר רֵישׁ **קְרָבַיָּא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל** הֲוָה עֲמַלְקָאָה וְסוֹפֵיהּ לְעָלְמָא יֵיבָד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When Bil’am saw Amalek, he declared his parable, and said: “Amalek was the first among nations [**to fight with Yisroel**], and his end will be total destruction.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:21
[Onkelos Numbers 24:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:21)

וַחֲזָא יָת **שַׁלְמָאָה** וּנְטַל מַתְלֵיהּ וַאֲמַר תַּקִּיף בֵּית מוֹתְבָךְ וְשַׁוִּי **בִכְרַךְ תַּקִּיף מְדוֹרָךְ**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[When] he saw the Keinite [**Shalmites**], he set forth his parable, and said: “How powerful is your dwelling place, and set in a cliff your nest [**your dwelling in a forified city**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:22
[Onkelos Numbers 24:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:22)

אֲרֵי אִם יְהֵי **לְשֵׁצָאָה שַׁלְמָאָה** עַד מָא אֲתוּרָאָה יִשְׁבִּנָּךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For, if Kayin is to be uprooted [**the Shalmites are to be destroyed**], until where will Ashur take you captive?”


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

וּנְטַל מַתְלֵיהּ וַאֲמַר **וַי לְחַיָּבַיָּא דְּיֵחוֹן כַּד יַעֲבֵּד אֱלָהָא יָת אִלֵּין**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He set forth his parable, and said: “Alas! Who can survive from God's devastation? [**Woe to those evil people who are living when Hashem does this.**]


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

**וְסִיעַן יִצְטָרְחַן מֵרוֹמָאֵי** וִיעַנּוּן לְאָתוּר **וְיִשְׁתַּעְבְּדוּן לְעֵבַר פְּרָת** וְאַף אִנּוּן לְעָלְמָא יֵיבְדוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Warships will come from Kittim [**groups will beg help from Rome**] and destroy Ashur, and cause suffering to those on the other side [**will enslave those beyond Peras**], but they, too, shall be lost for eternity.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 24:25
[Onkelos Numbers 24:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/24:25)

וְקָם בִּלְעָם וַאֲזַל וְתָב לְאַתְרֵיהּ וְאַף בָּלָק אֲזַל לְאָרְחֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bil’am arose, went, and returned home; and Balak too, went on his way.