6 So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials.
7 Then Balaam spoke his message:‘Balak brought me from Aram,the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.“Come,” he said, “curse Jacob for me;come, denounce Israel.”
8 How can I cursethose whom God has not cursed?How can I denouncethose whom the Lord has not denounced?
9 From the rocky peaks I see them,from the heights I view them.I see people who live apartand do not consider themselves one of the nations.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacobor number even a fourth of Israel?Let me die the death of the righteous,and may my final end be like theirs!’
11 Balak said to Balaam, ‘What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!’
12 He answered, ‘Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?’