Numbers 22:36-38

GOD’S WORD Translation

³⁶ When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at Ir Moab, in the region of the Arnon Valley, right on the border of Moab. ³⁷ Balak said to Balaam, “Why didn’t you come when I summoned you? You knew I’d be able to reward you.”

³⁸ Balaam replied, “Well, I’ve come to you now. But I can’t say whatever I want to. I can only say what God tells me to say.”