34 Balaam replied, “I have sinned. I did not know that you were standing in the road to oppose me; but now if you think it is wrong for me to go on, I will return home.”
35 But the angel said, “Go on with these men, but say only what I tell you to say.” So Balaam went on with them.
36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went to meet him at Ar, a city on the River Arnon at the border of Moab.
37 Balak said to him, “Why didn't you come when I sent for you the first time? Did you think I wasn't able to reward you enough?”
38 Balaam answered, “I came, didn't I? But now, what power have I got? I can say only what God tells me to say.”
39 So Balaam went with Balak to the town of Huzoth,
40 where Balak slaughtered cattle and sheep and gave some of the meat to Balaam and the leaders who were with him.