1. And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
2. And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar.
3. And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill.
4. And God met Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon each altar.
5. And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
6. And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7. And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!