And Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me,
But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “Although Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
Balaam said to Balak, “I have come to you now, but do I have power to say just anything? The word God puts in my mouth, that is what I must say.”
Now be off with you! Go home! I said, ‘I will reward you richly,’ but the Lord has denied you any reward.”