Numbers 23:25-27

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁵ Then Balak said to Balaam, ‘Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all.’ ²⁶ But Balaam answered Balak, ‘Did I not tell you, “Whatever the Lord says, that is what I must do”?’

²⁷ So Balak said to Balaam, ‘Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.’