Numbers 23:5–12
5 The Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouthi and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”j
6 So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials.k 7 Then Balaaml spoke his message:m
“Balak brought me from Aram,n
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.o
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
come, denounce Israel.’p
those whom God has not cursed?q
How can I denounce
those whom the Lord has not denounced?r
9 From the rocky peaks I see them,
from the heights I view them.s
I see a people who live apart
and do not consider themselves one of the nations.t
10 Who can count the dust of Jacobu
or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,v
and may my final end be like theirs!w”
11 Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies,x but you have done nothing but bless them!”y
12 He answered, “Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”z