8. He said to them, “Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me.” The princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
9. God came to Balaam, and said, “Who are these men with you?”
10. Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has said to me,
11. ‘Behold, the people that has come out of Egypt covers the surface of the earth. Now, come curse me them. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.’”