Numbers 23:3-5

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³ Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering [Lev. 1:1–17] and I will go. If the Lord comes to me, I will tell you whatever he shows me.” Then Balaam went to a ·higher place [or barren height].

⁴ God came to Balaam there, and Balaam said to him, “I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered a bull and a ·male sheep [ram] on each altar.”

⁵ The Lord ·told Balaam what he should say [^Lput a word in the mouth of Balaam]. Then the Lord said, “Go back to Balak and ·give him this message [^Lthus you will speak].”