Bamidbar 24:11-13

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹¹ Therefore now flee thou to thy mekom; I thought to kibed (honor, reward) thee honorably; but, hinei, Hashem hath kept thee back from kavod (honor, reward).

¹² And Balaam said unto Balak, Spoke I not also to thy malachim which thou didst send unto me, saying,

¹³ If Balak would give me his bais full of kesef and zahav, I cannot go beyond the commandment of Hashem, to do either tovah or ra’ah of mine own lev; but what Hashem saith, that will I say!