²⁵ Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them^[a] at all, nor bless them^[b] at all!” ²⁶ But Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Whatever Yahweh speaks I will do’?”

²⁷ Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please, come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be acceptable to^[c] God, and you will curse for me from there.”