24. Here is a people that rises up like a lioness,and gets up like a lion;It does not rest till it has devoured its preyand has drunk the blood of the slain.
25. “Neither lay a curse on them nor bless them,” said Balak to Balaam.
26. But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘Everything the Lord tells me I must do’?”
27. Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, let me bring you to another place; perhaps God will approve of your laying a curse on them for me from there.”