2 Balak did what Balaam told him, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
3 Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I’m gone. Maybe the Lord will come and meet with me. I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” Then Balaam went off to a higher place where there were no trees.
4 God came to him, and Balaam said, “I have set up seven altars, and I offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”
5 The Lord told Balaam, “Go back to Balak, and give him my message.”
6 So he went back to Balak and found him standing beside his burnt offering with all the princes of Moab.
7 Then Balaam delivered this message:“Balak brought me from Aram.The king of Moab summoned me from the eastern mountains.‘Come, curse Jacob for me,’ he said.‘Come, condemn Israel.’
8 How can I curse those whom God hasn’t cursed?How can I condemn those whom the Lord hasn’t condemned?