⁵ God told Balaam the message that he should speak to Balak.

⁶ So Balaam returned to Balak. Balak was still standing by his burnt offering with all the Moabite officers.

⁷ Then Balaam started to speak his message from God. He said, ‘Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Syria. He brought me from the mountains in the east. He said “Come and curse Jacob's descendants for me. Say bad things against the Israelites!”