Numbers 23:10-18

¹⁰Who can count the dust of Jacob, and number the fourth part of Israel? May my soul die the death of the righteous, and may my last end be like his!

¹¹And Balak said unto Bil'am, What hast thou done unto me? to denounce my enemies did I take thee, and, behold, thou hast even blessed them.

¹²And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that only which the Lord may put in my mouth?

¹³And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from where thou canst see them; nevertheless a portion of them only wilt thou see, but the whole of them thou wilt not see: and denounce them for me from there.

¹⁴And he brought him to the field of the watchmen, on the top of Pisgah, and he built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

¹⁵And he said unto Balak, Place thyself here by thy burnt-offering, while I will repair to yonder place.

¹⁶And the Lord met Bil'am, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

¹⁷And he came to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said unto him: What hath the Lord spoken?

¹⁸And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; bend hither thy ear unto me, son of Zippor!