Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth.
“Well, I have come to you now,” Balaam replied. “But I can’t say whatever I please. I must speak only what God puts in my mouth.”
Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and gave some to Balaam and the officials who were with him.
When Moab appears at her high place, she only wears herself out; when she goes to her shrine to pray, it is to no avail.
