6 So Balaam went back to Balak. Balak and all the leaders of Moab were still standing beside his burnt offering
7 when Balaam gave them this message:“Balak brought me here from Aram;the king of Moab brought me from the eastern mountains.Balak said, ‘Come, put a curse on the people of Jacob for me.Come, call down evil on the people of Israel.’
8 But God has not cursed them,so I cannot curse them.The Lord has not called down evil on them,so I cannot call down evil on them.
9 I see them from the top of the mountains;I see them from the hills.I see a people who live alone,who think they are different from other nations.
10 No one can number the many people of Jacob,and no one can count a fourth of Israel.Let me die like good men,and let me end up like them!”
11 Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, but you have only blessed them!”
12 But Balaam answered, “I must say what the Lord tells me to say.”