“Balak brought me from Aram,^(C)
    the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.^(D)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
    come, denounce Israel.’^(E)

⁸ How can I curse
    those whom God has not cursed?^(A)
How can I denounce
    those whom the Lord has not denounced?^(B)

“Arise, Balak, and listen;
    hear me, son of Zippor.^(B)

“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
    the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,^(A)

“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
    the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,