Numbers 22:11-19

¹¹Lo! a people that is gone out of Egypt hath covered the face of the earth; come thou, and curse them, if in any manner I may fight with them, and drive them away.

¹²And God said to Balaam, Do not thou go with them, neither curse thou the people, for it is blessed.

¹³And Balaam rose early, and said to the princes, Go ye into your land, for God hath forbade me to come with you.

¹⁴The princes turned again, and said to Balak, Balaam would not come with us.

¹⁵Again Balak sent many more, and nobler, men, than he had sent before;

¹⁶which said, when they had come to Balaam, Balak, the son of Zippor, saith thus, Tarry thou not to come to me,

¹⁷ready to honour thee; and what-ever thing thou wilt, I shall give to thee; come thou, and curse this people.

¹⁸Balaam answered, Though Balak shall give to me his house full of silver and of gold, I shall not be able to change the word of my God, that I speak either more or less.

¹⁹I beseech you, that ye dwell here also in this night, that I may know what the Lord shall answer again to me.