1. And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams.'
2. And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak--Balaam also--offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar,
3. and Balaam saith to Balak, `Station thyself by thy burnt-offering and I go on, it may be Jehovah doth come to meet me, and the thing which He sheweth me--I have declared to thee;' and he goeth [to] a high place.
4. And God cometh unto Balaam, and he saith unto Him, `The seven altars I have arranged, and I offer a bullock and a ram on the altar;'
5. and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'
6. And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of Moab.
7. And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `From Aram he doth lead me--Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come--curse for me Jacob, And come--be indignant [with] Israel.
8. What--do I pierce? --God hath not pierced! And what--am I indignant? --Jehovah hath not been indignant!