Numbers 23 - Mathematical Bible

Numbers 23:1 Gematria: 2823

ויאמר בלעם אלבלק בנהלי בזה שבעה מזבחת והכן לי בזה שבעה פרים ושבעה אילים

And said in people build to me this seven and the i to me this seven mouth, speak, blow head, top, beginnings and seven.and~he~will~SAY(V) IN.PEOPLE TOWARD BALAK BUILD(V) ? in~THIS SEVEN ALTAR~s and~FIRM(V) TO.ME~me in~THIS SEVEN BULL~s and~SEVEN STRONG.ONE~sBalaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here and have seven bulls and seven rams ready here for me.”

Numbers 23:2 Gematria: 2169

ויעש בלק כאשר דבר בלעם ויעל בלק ובלעם פר ואיל במזבח

And made like i word in people lift and in people and altar.and~he~will~DO(V) BALAK like~WHICH much~SPEAK(V) IN.PEOPLE and~he~will~GO.UP(V) BALAK and~IN.PEOPLE BULL and~STRONG.ONE in~the~ALTARBalak did as Balaam directed; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 23:3 Gematria: 4341

ויאמר בלעם לבלק התיצב עלעלתך ואלכה אולי יקרה יהוה לקראתי ודבר מהיראני והגדתי לך וילך שפי

And said in people to these thus/so or to me he will call the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton to speak from the fear walk walk that.and~he~will~SAY(V) IN.PEOPLE to~BALAK self~STAND(V) UPON CAPTIVITY~you and~I~will~WALK(V) IF he~will~MEET(V) YHWH to~CALL(V)~me and~WORD WATER he~will~SEE(V)~me and~I~will~TELL(V) WALK~you(f) and~he~will~WALK(V) HIGH.PLACEThen Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offerings while I am gone. Perhaps יהוה will grant me a manifestation, and whatever is revealed to me I will tell you.” And he went off alone. . shephi uncertain.

Translation Notes

* alone — Others “to a bare height”; exact meaning of Heb

Numbers 23:4 Gematria: 3707

ויקר אלהים אלבלעם ויאמר אליו אתשבעת המזבחת ערכתי ואעל פר ואיל במזבח

And he called Elohiym these in people and said these that in time the and altar.and~he~will~MEET(V) POWER~s TOWARD IN.PEOPLE and~he~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~him AT SEVEN the~ALTAR~s I~ARRANGE(V) and~I~will~GO.UP(V) BULL and~STRONG.ONE in~the~ALTARGod became manifest to Balaam, who stated, “I have set up the seven altars and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.”

Numbers 23:5 Gematria: 2187

וישם יהוה דבר בפי בלעם ויאמר שוב אלבלק וכה תדבר

The proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton word in in people and said return and thus/so.and~he~will~PLACE(V) YHWH WORD in~MOUTH IN.PEOPLE and~he~will~SAY(V) TURN.BACK(V) TOWARD BALAK and~SO you~will~much~SPEAK(V)And יהוה put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak and speak thus.”

Numbers 23:6 Gematria: 1806

וישב אליו והנה נצב עלעלתו הוא וכלשרי מואב

And he swore these and look he and like that window from i.and~he~will~TURN.BACK(V) TOWARD~him and~BEHOLD STAND(V)~ing UPON CAPTIVITY~him HE and~ALL HEAVY~s FROM.I..FRUITSo he returned to him and found him standing beside his offerings, and all the Moabite dignitaries with him.

Numbers 23:7 Gematria: 3486

וישא משלו ויאמר מןארם ינחני בלק מלךמואב מהרריקדם לכה ארהלי יעקב ולכה זעמה ישראל

From the staff and said kind aram king from i to thus/so ya'aqov and to weapon, he.and~he~will~LIFT(V) COMPARISON~him and~he~will~SAY(V) FROM AND.ARAM he~will~GUIDE(V)~me BALAK KING FROM.I..FRUIT from~HILL~s EAST WALK(V) CURSE(V) ? YA'AQOV and~WALK(V) ENRAGE(V) YISRA'ELHe took up his theme, and said:From Aram has Balak brought me,Moab’s king from the hills of the East:Come, curse me Jacob,Come, tell Israel’s doom!

Numbers 23:8 Gematria: 660

מה אקב לא קבה אל ומה אזעם לא זעם יהוה

What if these what if weapon, the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton.WATER I~will~PIERCE(V) NOT PIERCE(V)~him POWER and~WATER I~will~ENRAGE(V) NOT ENRAGE(V) YHWHHow can I damn whom God God Heb El, as often in these poems. has not damned,How doom when יהוה has not doomed?

Numbers 23:9 Gematria: 3662

כימראש צרים אראנו ומגבעות אשורנו הןעם לבדד ישכן ובגוים לא יתחשב

Given that side, hunt, catch head, top, beginnings and from camel, they (f.) people to in window there is so and in if.GIVEN.THAT from~HEAD FLINT~s I~will~SEE(V)~him and~from~HILL~s I~will~SEE(V)~him THERE PEOPLE to~ALONE he~will~DWELL(V) and~in~the~NATION~s NOT he~will~self~DESIGN(V)As I see them from the mountain tops,Gaze on them from the heights,There is a people that dwells apart,Not reckoned among the nations,

Numbers 23:10 Gematria: 5684

מי מנה עפר יעקב ומספר אתרבע ישראל תמת נפשי מות ישרים ותהי אחריתי כמהו

Who from behold powder ya'aqov number he being of die there is the and will exist.WHO NUMBER(V) POWDER YA'AQOV and~NUMBER AT FOURTH YISRA'EL she~will~DIE(V) BEING~me DEATH CORD and~she~will~EXIST(V) END~me LIKE~himWho can count the dust dust Cf. Gen. 13.16. of Jacob,Number ” the dust-cloud of Israel?May I die the death of the upright, upright Heb. yesharim, a play on yeshurun (“Jeshurun” in Deut. 32.15), a name for Israel. May my fate be like theirs!

Translation Notes

* Number — Lit. “and the number of.

Numbers 23:11 Gematria: 3060

ויאמר בלק אלבלעם מה עשית לי לקב איבי לקחתיך והנה ברכת ברך

And said these in people what to me to and look kneel.and~he~will~SAY(V) BALAK TOWARD IN.PEOPLE WATER you~DO(V) TO.ME~me to~PIERCE(V) ENEMY(V)~ing(p)~me I~TAKE(V)~you and~BEHOLD you~much~KNEEL(V) much~KNEEL(V)Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? Here I brought you to damn my enemies, and instead you have blessed them!”

Numbers 23:12 Gematria: 2993

ויען ויאמר הלא את אשר ישים יהוה בפי אתו אשמר לדבר

And said if which there is the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton in him (object) speak.and~he~will~ANSWER(V) and~he~will~SAY(V) NOT AT WHICH he~will~PLACE(V) YHWH in~MOUTH~me AT~him I~will~GUARD(V) to~much~SPEAK(V)He replied, “I can only repeat faithfully what יהוה puts in my mouth.”

Numbers 23:13 Gematria: 5198

ויאמר אליו בלק לך לכהנא אתי אלמקום אחר אשר תראנו משם אפס קצהו תראה וכלו לא תראה וקבנולי משם

And said these walk to me (object) to a place after which breath and like staff if breath.and~he~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~him BALAK WALK(V) WALK(V) WALK AT~me TOWARD PLACE AFTER WHICH you~will~SEE(V)~him from~THERE END END~him you~will~SEE(V) and~ALL~him NOT you~will~SEE(V) and~PIERCE(V)~him ? from~THEREThen Balak said to him, “Come with me to another place from which you can see them—you will see only a portion of them; you will not see all of them—and damn them for me from there.”

Numbers 23:14 Gematria: 2753

ויקחהו שדה צפים אלראש הפסגה ויבן שבעה מזבחת ויעל פר ואיל במזבח

These seven lift and altar.and~he~will~TAKE(V)~him FIELD WATCH(V)~ing(p) TOWARD HEAD the~PISGAH and~he~will~BUILD(V) SEVEN ALTAR~s and~he~will~GO.UP(V) BULL and~STRONG.ONE in~the~ALTARWith that, he took him to Sedehzophim, Sedehzophim Or “Lookout Point.” on the summit of Pisgah. He built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 23:15 Gematria: 1990

ויאמר אלבלק התיצב כה עלעלתך ואנכי אקרה כה

And said thus/so and i thus/so.and~he~will~SAY(V) TOWARD BALAK self~STAND(V) SO UPON CAPTIVITY~you and~I I~will~MEET(V) SOAnd [Balaam] said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offerings, while I seek a manifestation yonder.”

Numbers 23:16 Gematria: 2540

ויקר יהוה אלבלעם וישם דבר בפיו ויאמר שוב אלבלק וכה תדבר

And he called the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton these in people word and said return and thus/so.and~he~will~MEET(V) YHWH TOWARD IN.PEOPLE and~he~will~PLACE(V) WORD in~MOUTH~him and~he~will~SAY(V) TURN.BACK(V) TOWARD BALAK and~SO you~will~much~SPEAK(V)יהוה became manifest to Balaam and put a word in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak thus.”

Numbers 23:17 Gematria: 2555

ויבא אליו והנו נצב עלעלתו ושרי מואב אתו ויאמר לו בלק מהדבר יהוה

These and that window from i him (object) and said to him from the i the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton.and~he~will~COME(V) TOWARD~him and~BEHOLD~him STAND(V)~ing UPON CAPTIVITY~him and~HEAVY~s FROM.I..FRUIT AT~him and~he~will~SAY(V) ASK~him BALAK WATER much~SPEAK(V) YHWHHe went to him and found him standing beside his offerings, and the Moabite dignitaries with him. Balak asked him, “What did יהוה say?”

Numbers 23:18 Gematria: 2234

וישא משלו ויאמר קום בלק ושמע האזינה עדי בנו צפר

From the staff and said raise hear witness of in us.and~he~will~LIFT(V) COMPARISON~him and~he~will~SAY(V) RAISE(V) BALAK and~HEAR(V) HEAR(V) UNTIL~me SON~him BIRDAnd he took up his theme, and said:Up, Balak, attend,Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

Numbers 23:19 Gematria: 2179

לא איש אל ויכזב ובןאדם ויתנחם ההוא אמר ולא יעשה ודבר ולא יקימנה

If man these son man that (m.) said if he will made speak if.NOT MAN POWER and~he~will~much~LIE(V) and~SON MAN and~he~will~self~COMFORT(V) the~HE SAY(V) and~NOT he~will~DO(V) and~much~SPEAK(V) and~NOT he~will~RAISE(V)~herGod is not human to be capricious,Or mortal to have a change of heart.Would [God] speak and not act,Promise and not fulfill?

Numbers 23:20 Gematria: 1463

הנה ברך לקחתי וברך ולא אשיבנה

Behold kneel to sun, horizon, circle fence, wall, enclosure mark, sign, cross of kneel if fire he will built.BEHOLD much~KNEEL(V) I~TAKE(V) and~much~KNEEL(V) and~NOT I~will~TURN.BACK(V)~herMy message was to bless:When [God] blesses, I cannot reverse it.

Numbers 23:21 Gematria: 2598

לאהביט און ביעקב ולאראה עמל בישראל יהוה אלהיו עמו ותרועת מלך בו

In ya'aqov and to in, with, by israel the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton with him king in him/it.NOT LOOK(V) VANITY in~YA'AQOV and~NOT SEE(V) LABOR in~YISRA'EL YHWH POWER~s~him WITH~him and~SHOUT KING REJOICE~himNo harm is in sight for Jacob,No woe in view for Israel.Their God יהוה is with them,And their King’s King’s A poetic figure; in the ancient Near East, this role ideally represented protection and caring help. acclaim in their midst.

Numbers 23:22 Gematria: 1891

אל מוציאם ממצרים כתועפת ראם לו

These from from egypt to him.POWER GO.OUT(V)~ing~them from~AND.EGYPT like~STRENGTH~s REEYM ASK~himGod who freed them from EgyptIs for them like the horns of the wild ox.

Translation Notes

* horns — Lit. “eminences,” used figuratively.

Numbers 23:23 Gematria: 3169

כי לאנחש ביעקב ולאקסם בישראל כעת יאמר ליעקב ולישראל מהפעל אל

Given that in ya'aqov in, with, by israel time he will said to ya'aqov and to he will rule as god; the name of jacob and his descendants these.GIVEN.THAT NOT BRONZE in~YA'AQOV and~NOT DIVINATION in~YISRA'EL like~the~TIME he~will~SAY(V) to~YA'AQOV and~to~YISRA'EL WATER MAKE(V) POWERLo, there is no augury in Jacob,No divining in Israel: No divining in Israel Cf. Deut. 18.10–15. Jacob is told at once,Yea Israel, what God has planned. Jacob is told … what God has planned Or, “Else would it be told to Jacob, / Yea to Israel, what God has planned.”

Numbers 23:24 Gematria: 3052

הןעם כלביא יקום וכארי יתנשא לא ישכב עדיאכל טרף ודםחללים ישתה

They (f.) people like he will rose and like lion if witness he will ate and pierce.THERE PEOPLE like~LION he~will~RAISE(V) and~like~LION he~will~self~LIFT(V) NOT he~will~LAY(V) UNTIL he~will~EAT(V) PREY and~BLOOD PIERCED he~will~DRINK(V)Lo, a people that rises like a lioness, lioness So traditionally; NJPS “lion.” Precise meaning of Heb. lavi’ uncertain; see next note. Leaps up like a lion, lion So traditionally; NJPS “king of beasts.” Heb. ’ari. Cf. previous note; this verse’s two terms distinguish either sexes or breeds. Rests not till it has feasted on preyAnd drunk the blood of the slain.

Numbers 23:25 Gematria: 2270

ויאמר בלק אלבלעם גםקב לא תקבנו גםברך לא תברכנו

And said these in people camel, if camel, if.and~he~will~SAY(V) BALAK TOWARD IN.PEOPLE ALSO PIERCE(V) NOT you~will~PIERCE(V)~him ALSO much~KNEEL(V) NOT you~will~much~KNEEL(V)~himThereupon Balak said to Balaam, “Don’t curse them and don’t bless them!”

Numbers 23:26 Gematria: 3258

ויען בלעם ויאמר אלבלק הלא דברתי אליך לאמר כל אשרידבר יהוה אתו אעשה

In people and said if door, pathway, entrance house, family, inside head, top, beginning mark, sign, cross of these saying every which he will speak the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton him (object).and~he~will~ANSWER(V) IN.PEOPLE and~he~will~SAY(V) TOWARD BALAK NOT I~much~SPEAK(V) TOWARD~you to~SAY(V) ALL WHICH he~will~much~SPEAK(V) YHWH AT~him I~will~DO(V)In reply, Balaam said to Balak, “But I told you: Whatever יהוה says, that I must do.”

Numbers 23:27 Gematria: 2957

ויאמר בלק אלבלעם לכהנא אקחך אלמקום אחר אולי יישר בעיני האלהים וקבתו לי משם

And said these in people to to a place after or to me he will sat/dwelt in heap of ruins; a canaanite city near bethel power to me breath.and~he~will~SAY(V) BALAK TOWARD IN.PEOPLE WALK(V) PLEASE I~will~TAKE(V)~you TOWARD PLACE AFTER IF he~will~STRAIGHT(V) in~EYE~s2 the~POWER~s and~you~will~PIERCE(V)~him TO.ME~me from~THEREThen Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps God will deem it right that you damn them for me there.”

Numbers 23:28 Gematria: 2851

ויקח בלק אתבלעם ראש הפעור הנשקף עלפני הישימן

In people upon the face of the he will set kind.and~he~will~TAKE(V) BALAK AT IN.PEOPLE HEAD the~THE.PEOR the~LOOK(V)~ing UPON FACE~s the~DESERTBalak took Balaam to the peak of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland. wasteland Cf. note at 21.20.

Numbers 23:29 Gematria: 2813

ויאמר בלעם אלבלק בנהלי בזה שבעה מזבחת והכן לי בזה שבעה פרים ושבעה אילם

And said in people build to me this seven and the i to me this seven mouth, speak, blow head, top, beginnings and seven.and~he~will~SAY(V) IN.PEOPLE TOWARD BALAK BUILD(V) ? in~THIS SEVEN ALTAR~s and~FIRM(V) TO.ME~me in~THIS SEVEN BULL~s and~SEVEN STRONG.ONE~sBalaam said to Balak, “Build me here seven altars, and have seven bulls and seven rams ready for me here.”

Numbers 23:30 Gematria: 1924

ויעש בלק כאשר אמר בלעם ויעל פר ואיל במזבח

And made like i said in people lift and altar.and~he~will~DO(V) BALAK like~WHICH SAY(V) IN.PEOPLE and~he~will~GO.UP(V) BULL and~STRONG.ONE in~the~ALTARBalak did as Balaam said: he offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.