Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which looks down on the wastelands.
They gave their allegiance to Baal Peor, and ate food sacrificed to the dead.
and from Bamoth to the valley in the territory of Moab where the top of Mount Pisgah looks down on the wastelands.
“Please come with me and I will take you somewhere else,” Balak said. “Maybe God would let you curse them for me from there.”
Balaam told Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”
When Balaam saw that the Lord wanted to bless Israel, he chose not to use divination as he had previously. Instead he turned towards the desert,