Numbers 23:11-17

Christian Standard Bible

¹¹ “What have you done to me?” Balak asked Balaam. “I brought you to curse my enemies, but look, you have only blessed them!”

¹² He answered, “Shouldn’t I say exactly what the Lord puts in my mouth?” ^(A)

Balaam’s Second Oracle

¹³ Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place^(B) where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp; you won’t see all of them. From there, put a curse on them for me.” ¹⁴ So Balak took him to Lookout Field^[a] on top of Pisgah,^(C) built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

¹⁵ Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I seek the Lord over there.”

¹⁶ The Lord met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then he said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”

¹⁷ So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the officials of Moab. Balak asked him, “What did the Lord say?”