So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each ¹  altar a bull and a ram.

Balak again sent princes, ¹  more numerous and more distinguished than the first. ² 

So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.

Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.

Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent a message to me, saying,

So the princes of Moab departed ¹  and went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

And Balak sacrificed bulls and sheep, and sent some ¹  to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.

Then the Lord put a message ¹  in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.” ² 

And Balaam ¹  said to Balak, “Station yourself here ²  by your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord there.

Balaam ¹  uttered ²  his oracle, and said, “Rise up, ³  Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor:

Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all ¹  nor bless them at all!” ² 

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness. ¹ 

So Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Balaam got up and departed and returned to his home, ¹  and Balak also went his way.

Balaam replied ¹  to the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment ²  of the Lord my God ³  to do less or more.

Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. ¹  Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless ²  them these three times!

So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fee for divination in their hand. They came to Balaam and reported ¹  to him the words of Balak.

So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land, ¹  for the Lord has refused to permit me to go ²  with you.”

And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not let anything hinder you from coming ¹  to me.

When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab which was on the border of the Arnon at the boundary of his territory.