²⁵ And Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all.” ²⁶ But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ^(A)‘All that the Lord says, that I must do’?” ²⁷ And Balak said to Balaam, ^(B)“Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.” ²⁸ So Balak took Balaam to the top of ^(C)Peor, which overlooks ^(D)the desert.^{[a] 29} And Balaam said to Balak, ^(E)“Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.” ^30 (F)And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.