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

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

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 and went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, and Balak also went his way.

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

Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless 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 to him the words of Balak.

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