Numbers 23:3-12 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which He shall show me, I will report to you. And Balak stood by his sacrifice.

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which He shall show me, I will report to you. And Balak stood by his sacrifice. ⁴ And Balaam went to inquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam. And Balaam said to Him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered a calf and a ram on every altar. ⁵ And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, you shall return to Balak, and thus shall you speak. ⁶ And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole burnt offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him. ⁷ And he took up his parable, and said, Balak king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, call for a curse upon Israel for me. ⁸ How can I curse whom the Lord has not cursed? Or how can I denounce whom God has not denounced? ⁹ For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, and from the hills I shall observe him. Behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. ¹⁰ Who has calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? Let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed. ¹¹ And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I called you to curse my enemies, and behold you have greatly blessed them! ¹² And Balaam said to Balak, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this?