Balak

Returning he found him standing by his burnt sacrifice, and the princes of the Moabites with him. And Balac said to him: What hath the Lord spoken?

But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor:

And Balac said to Balaam: Neither curse, nor bless him.

And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?

And Balac said to him: Come and I will bring thee to another place; if peradventure it please God that thou mayest curse them from thence.

And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness,

Balaam said to him: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.

Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laid on every altar, a calf and a ram.

And Balac being angry against Balaam, clapped his hands together and said: I called thee to curse my enemies, and thou on the contrary hast blessed them three times.

Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me:

If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to utter any thing of my own head either good or evil: but whatsoever the Lord shall say, that I will speak?

And Balaam rose, and returned to his place: Balac also returned the way that he came.

And Balac son of Sephor king of Moab arose and fought against Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you:

Unless, perhaps, thou art better than Balac, the son of Sephor, king of Moab: or canst shew that he strove against Israel, and fought against him,

O my people, remember, I pray thee, what Balach, the king of Moab, purposed: and what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him, from Setim to Galgal, that thou mightest know the justice of the Lord.

But I have against thee a few things: because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat and to commit fornication.