Numbers 22:10-12

Good News Translation

¹⁰ He answered, “King Balak of Moab has sent them to tell me ¹¹ that a people who came from Egypt has spread out over the whole land. He wants me to curse them for him, so that he can fight them and drive them out.”

¹² God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them, and do not put a curse on the people of Israel, because they have my blessing.”