1. Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me this: seven altars. And prepare for me this: seven bulls and seven rams.”
2. And Balak did just as Balaam spoke, and Balak offered Balaam a bull and a ram on the altar.
3. And Balaam said to Balak, “Station yourself at your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell to you.” So he went to a barren height.
4. And God met with Balaam, and he said to him, “I have arranged seven altars, and I have offered a bull and a ram on the altar.”
5. Yahweh put a word in the mouth of Balaam and said, “Return to Balak, and you must speak thus.”