1. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here shivah mizbechot, and prepare for me here shivah bulls and shivah rams.
2. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on each mizbe'ach a bull and a ram.
3. And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy olah, and I will go; perhaps Hashem will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a barren height.
4. And Elohim met Balaam, and he said unto Him, I have prepared shivah hamizbechot, and I have offered upon each mizbe'ach a bull and a ram.
5. And Hashem put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6. And he returned unto him, and, hinei, he stood by his olah, he, and all the sarim of Moav.
7. And he took up his mashal, and said, Balak Melech Moav hath brought me from Aram (Syria), out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse for me Ya'akov, and come, denounce Yisroel.
8. How shall I curse, whom El hath not cursed? Or how shall I denounce, whom Hashem hath not denounced?