Numbers 24:1 ASV

¹  And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

²  And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

³  And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;