17for very greatly I honour thee, and all that thou sayest unto me I do; and come, I pray thee, pierce for me this people.`
18And Balaam answereth and saith unto the servants of Balak, `If Balak doth give to me the fulness of his house of silver and gold, I am not able to pass over the command of Jehovah my God, to do a little or a great thing;
19and, now, abide, I pray you, in this [place], you also, to-night; and I know what Jehovah is adding to speak with me.`
20And God cometh in unto Balaam, by night, and saith to him, `If to call for thee the men have come, rise, go with them, and only the thing which I speak unto thee -- it thou dost do.`
21And Balaam riseth in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and goeth with the princes of Moab,
22and the anger of God burneth because he is going, and a messenger of Jehovah stationeth himself in the way for an adversary to him, and he is riding on his ass, and two of his servants [are] with him,
23and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his drawn sword in his hand, and the ass turneth aside out of the way, and goeth into a field, and Balaam smiteth the ass to turn it aside into the way.
