So Balaam went with Balak to the town of Huzoth,
The people of Moab wear themselves out going to their mountain shrines and to their temples to pray, but it will do them no good.
Balaam answered, “I came, didn't I? But now, what power do I have? I can say only what God tells me to say.”
where Balak slaughtered cattle and sheep and gave some of the meat to Balaam and the leaders who were with him.