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Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to put a curse on my enemies, but behold, you have actually blessed them!"

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

He replied, "Must I not be careful to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?"

And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

Then Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, although you will only see the extreme end of them and will not see all of them; and put a curse on them for me from there."

And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

So he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Then he said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the LORD over there."

And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.

Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and this is what you shall speak."

And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

So he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the LORD spoken?"

And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken?