Balak meets Balaam

36When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, at the edge of the border.

37And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not indeed send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to honor you?”

38And Balaam said to Balak, “Look, I have come to you now. Am I really able to speak anything at all? I will speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”