So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials. Then Balaam spoke his message:

‘Balak brought me from Aram,
    the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.
“Come,” he said, “curse Jacob for me;
    come, denounce Israel.”
How can I curse
    those whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce
    those whom the Lord has not denounced?

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