4. and God met him. Balaam said to him, “I have built the seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each.”
5. The Lord told Balaam what to say and sent him back to Balak to give him his message.
6. So he went back and found Balak still standing by his burnt offering, with all the leaders of Moab.
7. Balaam uttered this prophecy:“Balak king of Moab has brought meFrom Syria, from the eastern mountains.‘Come and speak for me,’ he said.‘Put a curse on the people of Israel.’
8. How can I curse what God has not cursed,Or speak of doom when the Lord has not?