Numbers 22:9-11

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ God came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?” ¹⁰ Balaam said to God, “King Balak son of Zippor of Moab, has sent me this message: ¹¹ ‘A people has come out of Egypt and has spread over the face of the earth; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.’”