Numbers 23:11-13

Contemporary English Version

¹¹ Balak said, “What are you doing? I asked you to come and place a curse on my enemies. But you have blessed them instead!”

¹² Balaam answered, “I can say only what the Lord tells me.”

Balaam's Second Message

¹³ Balak said to Balaam, “Let's go somewhere else. Maybe if you see a smaller part of the Israelites, you will be able to curse them for me.”