Numbers 23:11-13

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹¹ And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.” ¹² And he answered, “Must I not take heed to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”

Balaam’s Second Oracle

¹³ And Balak said to him, “Come with me to another place, from which you may see them; you shall see only the nearest of them, and shall not see them all; then curse them for me from there.”