1 When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.
2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe. And the Spirit of God came upon him,
3 and he took up his discourse and said,“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
4 the oracle of him who hears the words of God,who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered:
5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,your encampments, O Israel!
6 Like palm groves that stretch afar,like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the Lord has planted,like cedar trees beside the waters.