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

⁷ And he lifted up his oracle and said, "From Aram Balak lead me, from the mountains of the east the king of Moab, 'Go for me, curse Jacob, and go, denounce Israel.' ⁸ How can I curse [whom] God has not cursed, and how can I denounce [whom] Yahweh has not denounced? ⁹ Because from the top of [the] rocks I see him, from hilltops I watch him. Behold, a people [who] dwell alone, they do not consider themselves among the nations. ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, or [as] a number the fourth part of Israel? Let my life die the death of an upright person, 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 look, you have surely blessed them!"

¹² He answered and said, "{Should I not speak} what Yahweh puts in my mouth?"