Numbers 23:25-30

Expanded Bible

²⁵ Then Balak said to Balaam, “You haven’t cursed these people, so at least don’t bless them!”

²⁶ Balaam answered Balak, “·I told [^LDid I not tell…?] you before that I can only do what the Lord tells me.”

Balaam’s Third Message

²⁷ Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, I will take you to another place. Maybe ·God will be pleased [^Lit will be right in the eyes/sight of God] to let you curse them from there.” ²⁸ So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, the mountain that looks over the ·desert [wasteland; or Jeshimon].

²⁹ Balaam told Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare for me seven bulls and seven ·male sheep [rams].” ³⁰ Balak did what Balaam asked, and he offered a bull and a ·male sheep [ram] on each altar.