8. But God has not cursed them,so I cannot curse them.The Lord has not called down evil on them,so I cannot call down evil on them.
9. I see them from the top of the mountains;I see them from the hills.I see a people who live alone,who think they are different from other nations.
10. No one can number the many people of Jacob,and no one can count a fourth of Israel.Let me die like good men,and let me end up like them!”
11. Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, but you have only blessed them!”
12. But Balaam answered, “I must say what the Lord tells me to say.”
13. Then Balak said to him, “Come with me to another place, where you can also see the people. But you can only see part of them, not all of them. Curse them for me from there.”