Numbers 23:7-12 ▼

7 Then he took up his discourse and said, “From Aram Balak has brought me, Moab’s king from the mountains of the East, ‘Come curse Jacob for me, And come, denounce Israel!’

8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom Yahweh has not denounced?

9 For I see him from the top of the rocks, And I look at him from the hills; Behold, a people who dwells alone, And will not be reckoned among the nations.

10 Who can number the dust of Jacob, Or count the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my end be like his!”

11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have blessed them repeatedly!”

12 And he replied, “Must I not be careful to speak what Yahweh puts in my mouth?”