⁸ And he said to them, “Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

^31 (A)And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for ^(B)with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

¹² And he answered and said, ^(A)“Must I not take care to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”

¹⁹ So you, too, ^(A)please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.” ^20 (B)And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; ^(C)but only do what I tell you.”

⁶ And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him ^(A)in a vision; I speak with him ^(B)in a dream.