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1 And Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here for me, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.” 2 And when he had acted according to the words of Balaam, they placed a calf and a ram together on each altar. 3 And Balaam said to Balak: “Stand for a little while next to your holocaust, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet with me. And whatever he will command, I shall speak to you.” 4 And after he had quickly departed, God met with him. And Balaam, speaking to him, said: “I have set up seven altars, and I have placed a calf and a ram on each.” 5 Then the Lord placed the word in his mouth, and he said: “Return to Balak, and you shall say this.” 6 Returning, he found Balak standing next to his holocaust, with all the leaders of the Moabites. 7 And taking up his parable, he said: “Balak, king of the Moabites, has led me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. ‘Come forth,’ he said, ‘and curse Jacob. Hurry and condemn Israel.’ 8 How shall I curse him, whom God has not cursed? For what reason would I condemn him, whom the Lord does not condemn? Numbers 23:1-8, Catholic Public Domain Version. Public domain.
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