4 God came to him, and Balaam said, “I have set up seven altars, and I offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”
5 The Lord told Balaam, “Go back to Balak, and give him my message.”
6 So he went back to Balak and found him standing beside his burnt offering with all the princes of Moab.
7 Then Balaam delivered this message:“Balak brought me from Aram.The king of Moab summoned me from the eastern mountains.‘Come, curse Jacob for me,’ he said.‘Come, condemn Israel.’
8 How can I curse those whom God hasn’t cursed?How can I condemn those whom the Lord hasn’t condemned?
9 I see them from the top of rocky cliffs,I look at them from the hills.I see a nation that lives by itself,people who do not consider themselvesto be like other nations.
10 The descendants of Jacob are like specks of dust.Who can count themor number even one-fourth of the people of Israel?Let me die the death of innocent people.Let my end be like theirs.”