²⁵ `The graven images of their gods ye do burn with fire; thou dost not desire the silver and gold on them, nor hast thou taken [it] to thyself, lest thou be snared by it, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God it [is];

¹² and God saith unto Balaam, `Thou dost not go with them; thou dost not curse the people; for it [is] blessed.'