14
So he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah. He built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar
15
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offerings, while I meet the Lord over there."
16
The Lord met Balaam, put a word into his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and this is what you shall say."
17
When he came to him, he was standing beside his burnt offerings with the officials of Moab. Balak said to him, "What has the Lord said?"
18
Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying: "Rise, Balak, and hear; listen to me, O son of Zippor:
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