And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
After a second failure to secure a curse upon Israel, Balak was disheartened and distressed yet held faint hope and determined to make another trial. For that trial he conducted Balaam to Mount Peor, where stood the temple noted most for licentious worship. There he erected the same number of altars as before and offered the same number of sacrifices, a bullock and a ram on every altar, conducting Balaam from one point to another.
He did this in the vain hope that Balaam might be induced to change the blessing of Israel into a curse. Repeated change of place and persuasion cannot move a man sustained by divine power from steadfastness to truth. Human applause and the fear of man are alike powerless to shake such decision, as the archbishop of Treves moving Luther from interview to interview to obtain a retraction succeeded no better than the king of Moab's efforts.
After a second failure to secure a curse upon Israel, Balak was disheartened and distressed yet held faint hope and determined to make another trial. For that trial he conducted Balaam to Mount Peor, where stood the temple noted most for licentious worship. There he erected the same number of altars as before and offered the same number of sacrifices, a bullock and a ram on every altar, conducting Balaam from one point to another.
He did this in the vain hope that Balaam might be induced to change the blessing of Israel into a curse. Repeated change of place and persuasion cannot move a man sustained by divine power from steadfastness to truth. Human applause and the fear of man are alike powerless to shake such decision, as the archbishop of Treves moving Luther from interview to interview to obtain a retraction succeeded no better than the king of Moab's efforts.