24. Behold, a people rises up as a lioness.As a lion he lifts himself up.He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey,and drinks the blood of the slain.”
25. Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.”
26. But Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All that the Lord speaks, that I must do?’”
27. Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
28. Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.