Balaam and Balak

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come defy Israel. How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD bath not defied? Numbers 23:7, 8 Balaam arrived in the land of Moab firmly determined in one way or another to bring a curse upon Israel. He knew it would not be easy. God had said to him before he left Aram, "Thou shalt not curse the people:...