13. When Balaam got up in the morning, he said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your own country, because the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
14. So the Moabite princes went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
15. Balak sent a larger group of more highly respected princes.
16. When they came to Balaam, they said to him, “This is what Balak, son of Zippor, says: Don’t let anything keep you from coming to me.
17. I will make sure you are richly rewarded, and I will do whatever you ask. Please, come and curse these people for me.”