1. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
2. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
3. And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.
4. And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
5. And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6. And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7. And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.