11 Then Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

12 And he answered, and said, Must I not take heed to speak that, which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, whence thou mayest see them, and thou shalt see but the utmost part of them and shalt not see them all: therefore curse them out of that place for my sake.

14 ¶ And he brought him into [a]Zophim to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

15 After, he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, and I will meet the Lord yonder.

16 And the Lord met Balaam, and (A)put an answer in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him: so Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord said?

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:14 Or, into the field of them that spied: to wit, lest the enemy should approach.

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