1. Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams."
2. Balak did as Balaam had said. Then Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
3. Balaam said to Balak, "Stay by your entirely burned offering. I will go and perhaps the Lord will grant me an appearance and speak. Whatever he shows me, I will tell you." Then he went off to a high outlook.
4. God granted Balaam an appearance. Balaam said to him, "I have arranged seven altars and I have sacrificed a bull and a ram on each altar."
5. The Lord gave Balaam something to say, and said to him, "Return to Balak and say this."
6. Balaam returned to him, while he and all the officials of Moab were standing next to his entirely burned offering.