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Numbers 22
⁹ That night God came to Balaam and asked him, “Who are these men visiting you?”
¹⁰ Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent me this message:
¹¹ ‘Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come and curse these people for me. Then perhaps I will be able to stand up to them and drive them from the land.’”
¹² But God told Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse these people, for they have been blessed!”
¹³ The next morning Balaam got up and told Balak’s officials, “Go on home! The LORD will not let me go with you.”
¹⁴ So the Moabite officials returned to King Balak and reported, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
¹⁵ Then Balak tried again. This time he sent a larger number of even more distinguished officials than those he had sent the first time.
¹⁶ They went to Balaam and delivered this message to him: “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Please don’t let anything stop you from coming to help me.
¹⁷ I will pay you very well and do whatever you tell me. Just come and curse these people for me!”
¹⁸ But Balaam responded to Balak’s messengers, “Even if Balak were to give me his palace filled with silver and gold, I would be powerless to do anything against the will of the LORD my God.
¹⁹ But stay here one more night, and I will see if the LORD has anything else to say to me.”