Numbers 22:10-12

New Catholic Bible

¹⁰ Balaam said to God, “Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, sent for me, saying, ¹¹ ‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt who now covers the face of the earth. Now come and curse them for me. Perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them away.’ ” ¹² But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. Do not curse the people, for they are blessed.”^[a]