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.