Catholic Public Domain Version
"Returning, he found Balak standing next to his holocaust, with all the leaders of the Moabites. "
— Numbers 23:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.”
“And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. ”
“He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.”
“So he returned to him, and he was still standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.”
“Returning he found Balac standing by his burnt offering, with all the princes of the Moabites:”
“So he went back to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with all the chiefs of Moab.”
“And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.”
And Balaam said to Balak: “Stand for a little while next to your holocaust, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet with me. And whatever he will command, I shall speak to you.”
And after he had quickly departed, God met with him. And Balaam, speaking to him, said: “I have set up seven altars, and I have placed a calf and a ram on each.”
Then the Lord placed the word in his mouth, and he said: “Return to Balak, and you shall say this.”
Returning, he found Balak standing next to his holocaust, with all the leaders of the Moabites.
And taking up his parable, he said: “Balak, king of the Moabites, has led me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. ‘Come forth,’ he said, ‘and curse Jacob. Hurry and condemn Israel.’
How shall I curse him, whom God has not cursed? For what reason would I condemn him, whom the Lord does not condemn?
I will look upon him from the tops of the stones, and I will consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and they shall not be counted among the nations.