1. Balaam said, “Build seven altars here. And prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
2. Balak did what Balaam asked. Then Balak and Balaam killed a ram and a bull on each of the altars.
3. Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here near this altar. I will go to another place. Then the Lord will come to me, and he will tell me what I must say.” Then Balaam went away to a higher place.
4. God came to Balaam at that place, and Balaam said, “I have prepared seven altars. And I have killed a bull and a ram as a sacrifice on each altar.”
5. Then the Lord gave Balaam a message for Balak and said, “Go back to Balak and say the things that I have given you to say.”
6. So Balaam went back to Balak. Balak was still standing near the altar, and all the leaders of Moab were standing there with them.