Then it cameabout in the morningthat BalaktookBalaamand broughthim up to the highplacesof Baal,and he sawfrom therea portionof the people.
He setup priestsof his own for the highplaces,for the satyrsand for the calveswhichhe had made.
and have builtthe highplacesof Baalto burntheir sonsin the fireas burntofferingsto Baal,a thing whichI nevercommandedor spokeof, nordid it [ever] enterMy mind;
"I will makean endof Moab,"declaresthe LORD,"the one who offers[sacrifice] on the highplaceand the one who burnsincenseto his gods.
"For a firewentforthfrom Heshbon,A flamefrom the townof Sihon;It devouredArof Moab,The dominantheightsof the Arnon.
Balaksacrificedoxenand sheep,and sent[some] to Balaamand the leaderswhowere with him.
Then Balaamsaidto Balak,"Buildsevenaltarsfor me here,and preparesevenbullsand sevenramsfor me here."
Then Balaksaidto him, "Pleasecomewith me to anotherplacefrom whereyou may seethem, although you will onlyseethe extremeendof them and will not seeallof them; and cursethem for me from there."
"You shall utterlydestroyallthe placeswherethe nationswhomyou shall dispossessservetheir gods,on the highmountainsand on the hillsand undereverygreentree.
