Numbers 24:10-13 Then kindled the anger of Balak against Balaam, and he smote together his hands,––and Balak said unto Balaam––To revile my foes, I called thee, And lo! thou hast, kept on blessing, these three times.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ Then kindled the anger of Balak against Balaam, and he smote together his hands,––and Balak said unto Balaam––To revile my foes, I called thee, And lo! thou hast, kept on blessing, these three times. ¹¹ Now, therefore, flee thou unto thy place,––I said, I will, highly honour, thee; but lo! Yahweh hath kept thee back from honour. ¹² And Balaam said unto Balak,––Was it not so, that, even unto thy messengers whom thou didst send unto me, I spake, saying–– ¹³ Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, yet could I not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh, to do good or ill, out of my own heart,––what Yahweh shall speak, that, must I speak?