⁷ The elders of Moab and Midian left, taking with them the fee for divination.^(A) When they came to Balaam, they told him what Balak had said.

⁸ “Spend the night here,” Balaam said to them, “and I will report back to you with the answer the Lord gives me.^(B)” So the Moabite officials stayed with him.

⁹ God came to Balaam^(C) and asked,^(D) “Who are these men with you?”