Then Balaamsaidto Balak,"Standbesideyour burntoffering,and I will go;perhapsthe LORDwill cometo meetme, and whateverHe showsme I will tellyou." So he wentto a barehill.
And he saidto Balak,"Standherebesideyour burntofferingwhile I myselfmeet[the LORD] overthere."
When Balaamsawthat it pleasedthe LORDto blessIsrael,he did not goas at othertimesto seekomensbut he sethis facetowardthe wilderness.
Then the LORDcalledto Mosesand spoketo him from the tentof meeting,saying,
Then Abrahamraisedhis eyesand looked,and behold,behind[him] a ramcaughtin the thicketby his horns;and Abrahamwentand tookthe ramand offeredhim up for a burntofferingin the placeof his son.
He said,"Takenowyour son,your onlyson, whomyou love,Isaac,and goto the landof Moriah,and offerhim thereas a burntofferingon oneof the mountainsof whichI will tellyou."
Then Noahbuiltan altarto the LORD,and tookof everycleananimaland of everycleanbirdand offeredburntofferingson the altar.
Then Jethro,Moses'father-in-law,tooka burntofferingand sacrificesfor God,and Aaroncamewith allthe eldersof Israelto eata mealwith Moses'father-in-lawbeforeGod.
Again,the deviltookHim to a veryhighmountainand showedHim allthe kingdomsof the worldand their glory;
Balakdidjustas Balaamhad spoken,and Balakand Balaamofferedup a bulland a ramon each altar.
Now GodmetBalaam,and he saidto Him, "I have setup the sevenaltars,and I have offeredup a bulland a ramon each altar."
He replied,"Must I not be carefulto speakwhatthe LORDputsin my mouth?"
But Balaamrepliedto Balak,"Did I not tellyou, 'Whateverthe LORDspeaks,that I must do'?"
But I was not willingto listento Balaam.So he hadto blessyou, and I deliveredyou from his hand.
