24. Here is a nation that attacks like a lionessand is as ferocious as a lion.It doesn’t lie down until it eats its preyand drinks the blood of its victim.”
25. Balak said to Balaam, “If you won’t curse them, then at least don’t bless them!”
26. Balaam answered, “Didn’t I tell you that I must do whatever the Lord says?”
27. Balak said to Balaam, “Come, let me take you to another place. Maybe God wants you to curse them for me from there.”
28. So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which overlooks Jeshimon.
29. Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
30. Balak did what Balaam told him, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.