Then Balaamsaidto Balak,"Standbesideyour burntoffering,and I will go;perhapsthe LORDwill cometo meetme, and whateverHe showsme I will tellyou." So he wentto a barehill.
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.
Then the LORDcalledto Mosesand spoketo him from the tentof meeting,saying,
He replied,"Must I not be carefulto speakwhatthe LORDputsin my mouth?"
And he saidto Balak,"Standherebesideyour burntofferingwhile I myselfmeet[the LORD] overthere."
Balakdidjustas Balaamhad spoken,and Balakand Balaamofferedup a bulland a ramon each altar.
But Balaamrepliedto Balak,"Did I not tellyou, 'Whateverthe LORDspeaks,that I must do'?"
Now GodmetBalaam,and he saidto Him, "I have setup the sevenaltars,and I have offeredup a bulland a ramon each altar."
When Balaamsawthat it pleasedthe LORDto blessIsrael,he did not goas at othertimesto seekomensbut he sethis facetowardthe wilderness.
Again,the deviltookHim to a veryhighmountainand showedHim allthe kingdomsof the worldand their glory;
But I was not willingto listento Balaam.So he hadto blessyou, and I deliveredyou from his hand.
