Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell the messengers you sent me,
But Balaam answered them, “Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything great or small to go beyond the command of the Lord my God.
“Well, I have come to you now,” Balaam replied. “But I can’t say whatever I please. I must speak only what God puts in my mouth.”
Now leave at once and go home! I said I would reward you handsomely, but the Lord has kept you from being rewarded.”