Numbers 22:20

22:20 God came to Balaam that night, and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them; but the word that I will say to you, that you must do.”

Numbers 24:10

24:10 Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!


sn This is apparently a sign of contempt or derision (see Job 27:23; and Lam 2:15).

tn The construction is emphatic, using the infinitive absolute with the perfect tense for “bless.”