¹⁸ 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.^(A)

¹³ ‘Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the Lord^(A)—and I must say only what the Lord says’?^(B)

¹⁶ The man of God said, “I cannot turn back and go with you, nor can I eat bread^(A) or drink water with you in this place.

¹⁷ I have been told by the word of the Lord: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”