7 Then he spoke this proverbial saying:+

‘Do come to curse Jacob for me.

Yes, come to denounce Israel.’+

 8 How could I put a curse on those whom God has not cursed?

And how could I denounce those whom Jehovah has not denounced?+

10 Then Baʹlak became furious with Baʹlaam. Baʹlak scornfully clapped his hands together and said to Baʹlaam: “It was to put a curse on my enemies that I called you,+ but now you have done nothing but bless them these three times.

14 “‘Nevertheless, I have a few things against you, that you have there those adhering to the teaching of Baʹlaam,+ who taught Baʹlak+ to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.*+