Numbers 22:16-18

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁶ They went to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says to you: Please don’t let anything stop you from coming. ¹⁷ I will pay you very much,^[a] and I will do whatever you ask. Come and curse these people for me.”

¹⁸ Balaam gave Balak’s officials his answer. He said, “I must obey the Lord my God. I cannot do anything, great or small, against his command. Even if King Balak gives me his beautiful home filled with silver and gold, I will not do anything against the Lord’s command.