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And Hashem put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

And he returned unto him, and, hinei, he stood by his olah, he, and all the sarim of Moav.

And he took up his mashal, and said, Balak Melech Moav hath brought me from Aram (Syria), out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse for me Ya’akov, and come, denounce Yisroel.

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The Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth(A) and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”(B)

So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials.(C) Then Balaam(D) spoke his message:(E)

“Balak brought me from Aram,(F)
    the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.(G)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
    come, denounce Israel.’(H)

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