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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,

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

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

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.

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.

But Balaam replied ¹  to Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the Lord speaks, ²  I must do’?”

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.”

When Balaam ¹  came to him, he was still standing by his burnt offering, along with the princes of Moab. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”

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!

But the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you may only speak ¹  the word that I will speak to you.” ²  So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.