Numbers 23:25-30
Christian Standard Bible
25 Then Balak told Balaam, “Don’t curse them and don’t bless them!”
26 But Balaam answered him, “Didn’t I tell you: Whatever the Lord says, I must do?” (A)
Balaam’s Third Oracle
27 Again Balak said to Balaam, “Please come. I will take you to another place. Maybe it will be agreeable to God that you can put a curse on them for me there.” 28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.[a](B)
29 Balaam told Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”(C) 30 So Balak did as Balaam said and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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- 23:28 Or overlooks Jeshimon
Numbers 23:25-30
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 Then 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 speak to you, saying, ‘Whatever the Lord says, that is what I must do’?”(A)
27 So 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.”(B) 28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.[a] 29 Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”(C) 30 So Balak did as Balaam had said and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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- 23.28 Or overlooks Jeshimon
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