Numbers 23:11-17 - Balaam Relocates

11 "What are you doing to me?" Balak asked Balaam. "I brought you to curse my enemies, not pronounce a blessing!"

12 But in response, Balaam asked, "Shouldn't I be careful to communicate only what the LORD puts in my mouth?"

13 "Come with me to another place where you can see them," Balak replied. "You'll only see a portion of them, because you won't be able to see them completely. Come and curse them from there for me." 14 So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, and from there to the top of Mount Pisgah, where he built seven altars and then offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

15 Then he told Balak, "Stand by your offering while I go alone to meet the LORD."

16 Then the LORD met with Balaam and gave a message to him. "Now go back to Balak and speak to him."

17 So Balaam returned to where Balak had been standing, that is, next to his offerings, accompanied by the Moabite officials. "What did the LORD say?" Balak asked him.


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