Numbers 23:5-12 Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”

MSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.” ⁶ So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab. ⁷ And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’ ⁸ How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced? ⁹ For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations. ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!” ¹¹ Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!” ¹² But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”