Numbers 23:22-30

²²God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.

²³For there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel; now is it said of Jacob and of Israel: 'What hath God wrought!'

²⁴Behold a people that riseth up as a lioness, and as a lion doth he lift himself up; he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

²⁵And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.'

²⁶But Balaam answered and said unto Balak: 'Told not I thee, saying: All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?'

²⁷And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.'

²⁸And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

²⁹And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.'

³⁰And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.