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The leaders of Moab and Midian left. They went to talk to Balaam. They carried with them money to pay him for his service.[a] Then they told him what Balak had said.

Balaam said to them, “Stay here for the night. I will talk to the Lord and tell you the answer he gives me.” So the leaders of Moab stayed there with Balaam that night.

God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these men with you?”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 22:7 for his service Or “for the things he needed to make curses.” In ancient times, when people asked bad things to happen to other people, they often wrote the curses on special bowls and used them in ceremonies. They did this to try to force these bad things to happen. See Deut. 18:10.

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