12. God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them! Do not curse them, for they are blessed!”
13. So Balaam got up in the morning and said to the officials of Balak, “Go back to your country, for Adonai has refused to let me go with you.”
14. So the Moabite officials got up, went back to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
15. Balak again sent other dignitaries, more numerous and honored than these previous ones.
16. They also came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: Please let nothing keep you from coming to me!