¹⁸ So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, ^(A)“It is the Lord. Let him do what seems good to him.”

¹⁸ But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, ^(A)“Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, ^(B)I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more.