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.

10 But I would not listen to Baʹlaam.+ So he blessed you repeatedly,+ and I rescued you from his hand.+

13 On that day the book of Moses was read in the hearing of the people,+ and it was found written that no Amʹmon·ite or Moʹab·ite+ should ever enter the congregation of the true God,+ 2 for they had not met the Israelites with bread and water, but instead they had hired Baʹlaam against them to curse them.+ However, our God had changed the curse into a blessing.+