Numbers 22:37-39

Good News Translation

³⁷ Balak said to him, “Why didn't you come when I sent for you the first time? Did you think I wasn't able to reward you enough?”

³⁸ Balaam answered, “I came, didn't I? But now, what power do I have? I can say only what God tells me to say.” ³⁹ So Balaam went with Balak to the town of Huzoth,