Numbers 23:1-3

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23 ¹ Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”^{(A) 2} Balak did as Balaam had said and offered^[a] a bull and a ram on each altar.^{(B) 3} Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offerings while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” And he went to a bare height.^(C)