1  And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 2  And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar. 3  And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill. 4  And God met Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon each altar. 5  And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. 6  And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7  And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel! 8  How shall I curse whom •God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?