Numbers 22:5-21 sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor (which is on the Stream in the land of the sons of his people) to call for him, saying:Behold, a people has come forth from Egypt. Behold, they cover the eye of the land, and they are dwelling at my forefront.

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor (which is on the Stream in the land of the sons of his people) to call for him, saying:Behold, a people has come forth from Egypt. Behold, they cover the eye of the land, and they are dwelling at my forefront. ⁶ Now come, I pray, curse this people for me, for they are more substantial than I. Perhaps I shall prevail, so that we may smite them and I may drive them out from the land, for I know that whomever you bless is being blessed and whomever you curse is accursed. ⁷ The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went with the pay for divinations in their hands. They came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak. ⁸ He said to them:Lodge here for the night, and I will bring back word to you just as Yahweh shall speak to me. So the chiefs of Moab dwelt with Balaam. ⁹ Now Elohim came to Balaam and said:Who are these men with you? ¹⁰ And Balaam said to the One, Elohim:Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent them to me, saying. ¹¹ Behold, the people coming forth from Egypt are covering the eye of the land! Now go, revile him for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight him, and I will drive him out. ¹² Then Elohim said to Balaam:You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for it is blessed. ¹³ Balaam rose in the morning and said to the chiefs of Balak:Go back to your land, for Yahweh has refused to allow me to go with you. ¹⁴ So the chiefs of Moab rose and came to Balak and said:Balaam refused to go with us. ¹⁵ Balak continued further to send other chiefs, more numerous and illustrious than these. ¹⁶ They came to Balaam and said to him:Thus says Balak son of Zippor, Do not, I pray, be withheld from coming to me, ¹⁷ for I shall glorify, yea glorify you exceedingly, and all that you may say to me I shall do. So come now I pray, revile this people for me. ¹⁸ Yet Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak:If Balak were giving to me the fullness of his house in silver and gold I could not cross the bidding of Yahweh my Elohim to do what is small or great. ¹⁹ Yet now dwell, I pray, you too, in this place, for the night; then I shall know what Yahweh shall continue to speak with me. ²⁰ Elohim came to Balaam at night and said to him:Since the men have come to call for you, rise, go with them. Yet only the word that I speak to you, only it shall you use. ²¹ Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his jenny and went with the chiefs of Moab.