Numbers 23:3-12

³And Bil'am said unto Balak, Place thyself by thy burnt-offering; and I will go, peradventure the Lord will come to meet me, and whatsoever he may show me I will tell thee: and he went thoughtfully alone.

⁴And God met Bil'am: and he said unto him, The seven altars have I made ready, and I have offered a bullock and a ram upon every altar.

⁵And the Lord put a word in Bil'am's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

⁶And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

⁷And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram did Balak send for me, the king of Moab, out of the mountains of the east, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

⁸How shall I denounce, whom God hath not denounced? and how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?

⁹For from the top of rocks I see him, and from hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and among the nations it shall not be reckoned.

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?