2. Balak did as he was told, and he and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
3. Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I go to see whether or not the Lord will meet me. I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” So he went alone to the top of a hill,
4. and God met him. Balaam said to him, “I have built the seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each.”
5. The Lord told Balaam what to say and sent him back to Balak to give him his message.
6. So he went back and found Balak still standing by his burnt offering, with all the leaders of Moab.
7. Balaam uttered this prophecy:“Balak king of Moab has brought meFrom Syria, from the eastern mountains.‘Come and speak for me,’ he said.‘Put a curse on the people of Israel.’
8. How can I curse what God has not cursed,Or speak of doom when the Lord has not?