Numbers 22:36-38

New Catholic Bible

³⁶ When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to Moab to meet him, a city which is on the Arnon border, at the farthest edge of his territory. ³⁷ Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not summon you urgently? Why have you not come to me? Am I not able to reward you?” ³⁸ Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you now. Do I have any power to say anything? I will only speak the word that God puts in my mouth.”