Numbers 22:36-38

Contemporary English Version

King Balak Meets Balaam

³⁶ When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went to meet him at the town of Ir on the Arnon River, which is the northern border of Moab. ³⁷ Balak asked, “Why didn't you come when I invited you the first time? Did you think I wasn't going to pay you?”

³⁸ “I'm here now,” Balaam answered. “But I will say only what God tells me to say.”