<p class="bodytext">Then God met Balaam, who<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">When all this was over, the Israelites<n id="1" /> who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished<n id="2" /> all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh.<n id="3" /> Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities.<n id="4" />p>