Numbers 22:2-6

2Now 1Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 32So Moab was in great fear because of the people, for they were numerous; and Moab was in dread of the sons of Israel. 4Moab said to the elders of 3Midian, “Now this 4horde will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. 5So he sent messengers to 5Balaam the son of Beor, at 6Pethor, which is near the 7River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me. 68Now, therefore, please come, 9curse this people for me since they are too 10mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to 11defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”