¹⁸ And Balaam answered and said to^▵ the servants of Balak, If Balak would give to me his house full of silver and gold, I am not able to go·​·beyond^◦ the mouth of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.

¹⁶ And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.