16. And יהוה came to Bil‛am, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balaq, and say this.”
17. So he went to him and saw him standing by his burnt offering, and the heads of Mo’aḇ with him. And Balaq asked him, “What did יהוה say?”
18. And he took up his proverb and said, “Rise up, Balaq, and hear! Listen to me, son of Tsippor!
19. “Ěl is not a man, to lie; nor a son of man, to repent! Has He said, and would He not do it; or spoken, and would not confirm it?
20. “See, I have received, to bless. And He has blessed, and I do not reverse it.