10. Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has said to me,
11. ‘Behold, the people that has come out of Egypt covers the surface of the earth. Now, come curse me them. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.’”
12. God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.”
13. Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for Yahweh refuses to permit me to go with you.”
14. The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”