Numbers 22:5-7
22:5 And he sent messengers to Balaam
son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates River
in the land of Amaw,
to summon him, saying, “Look, a nation has come out of Egypt. They cover the face
of the earth, and they are settling next to me.
22:6 So
now, please come and curse this nation
for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them
and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed,
and whoever you curse is cursed.”
22:7 So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fee for divination in their hand. They came to Balaam and reported to him the words of Balak.