Numbers 22:36-38

Living Bible

³⁶ When King Balak heard that Balaam was on the way, he left the capital and went out to meet him at the Arnon River, at the border of his land.

³⁷ “Why did you delay so long?” he asked Balaam. “Didn’t you believe me when I said I would give you great honors?”

³⁸ Balaam replied, “I have come, but I have no power to say anything except what God tells me to say; and that is what I shall speak.”