Numbers 23:7-18

7And he took up his discourse and said, “From 1Aram Balak has brought me, Moab’s king from the mountains of the East, saying, ‘2Come, declare Jacob cursed for me, And come, curse Israel!’83How am I to put a curse on him upon whom God has not put a curse? And how am I to curse him whom the Lord has not cursed?9For I see him from the top of the rocks, And I look at him from the hills; 4Behold, a people that lives in isolation, And does not consider itself to be among the nations.105Who has counted the dust of Jacob, Or the number of the fourth part of Israel? 6May 7I die the death of the upright, 8And may my end be like his!”

11Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? 9I took you to put a curse on my enemies, but behold, you have actually blessed them!” 12He replied, “Must I not be careful to speak 10what the Lord puts in my mouth?”

13Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, although you will only see the extreme end of them and will not see all of them; and put a curse on them for me from there.” 14So he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. 15Then he said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the Lord over there.” 16Then the Lord met Balaam and 11put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and this is what you shall speak.” 17So he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?” 18Then he took up his discourse and said, “Arise, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor!