Numbers 22:10-16

¹⁰Balaam told God, “Balak, son of Zippor, the king of Moab, sent me this message:

¹¹‘Listen, a group of people has arrived here who came from Egypt. There are hordes of them. Please come immediately and curse these people for me. Maybe then I'll be able to fight them and drive them out of my country.’”

¹²But God told Balaam, “You are not to go back with them. You must not curse this people, for they are blessed.”

¹³In the morning Balaam got up and said to Balak's messengers, “Go back to where you came from because the Lord has refused to allow me to go with you.”

¹⁴The Moabite leaders left. They returned to Balak, and told him, “Balaam refused to come back with us.”

¹⁵Then Balak sent even more leaders who were more prestigious than before.

¹⁶When they arrived they told Balaam, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please don't let anything stop you from coming to see me,