... > Raamattu > Vanha Testamentti > Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, Deuteronomion, Joosua: israelilaisten orjuusajasta Egyptissä heidän asettumiseensa Kanaanin maahan > Numbers: the wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites leave Mount Sinai and reach Canaan > Numbers (part III): events in Moab > the story of Balaam (Numbers 22-24) > Balaam and King Balak meet and together they make a sacrifice > Balaam is taken up to the high places of Baal and sees the Israelite camp > Balaam prophesying and blessing the Israelites in the presence of King Balak and his chieftains