13. The next morning Balaam got up and said to Balak’s officials, “Go back to your own country, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
14. So the Moabite officials returned to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
15. Then Balak sent other officials, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.
16. They came to Balaam and said: “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Do not let anything keep you from coming to me,
17. because I will reward you handsomely and do whatever you say. Come and put a curse on these people for me.”