^17 (A)for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. ^(B)Come, curse this people for me.’” ¹⁸ But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, ^(C)“Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, ^(D)I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more. ¹⁹ So you, too, ^(E)please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.”