23. “For there is no sorcery against Ya‛aqoḇ, nor is there any divination against Yisra’ĕl. Now it is said to Ya‛aqoḇ and to Yisra’ĕl, ‘What has Ěl done!’
24. “Look, a people rises like a lioness, and lifts itself up like a lion; it lies not down until it devours the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”
25. And Balaq said to Bil‛am, “Do not curse them at all, nor bless them at all!”
26. And Bil‛am answered and said to Balaq, “Have I not spoken to you, saying, ‘All that יהוה speaks, that I do’?”
27. And Balaq said to Bil‛am, “Please come, let me take you to another place. It might be right in the eyes of Elohim that you curse them for me from there.”
28. And Balaq took Bil‛am to the top of Pe‛or, that overlooks the wasteland.
29. And Bil‛am said to Balaq, “Build seven alters for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”