So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, overlooking the wasteland.
Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!
After that they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah Peak overlooks the wasteland.
Then King Balak said to Balaam, “Come, I will take you to one more place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them from there.”
Balaam again told Balak, “Build me seven altars, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”
By now Balaam realized that the Lord was determined to bless Israel, so he did not resort to divination as before. Instead, he turned and looked out toward the wilderness,