Numbers 23:7-12 - Balaam's First Oracle

⁷ And Balaam took up his discourse and said, "From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: 'Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!' ⁸ How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced? ⁹ For from the top of the crags I see him, from the hills I behold him; behold, a people dwelling alone, and not counting itself among the nations! ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let my end be like his!"

¹¹ And Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them."

¹² And he answered and said, "Must I not take care to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?"