Numbers 22:10-16

¹⁰And Bil'am said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

¹¹Behold, there is the people that is come out of Egypt, and covereth the face of the earth: now come, denounce it for me; peradventure I shall be able to fight against it, and drive it away.

¹²And God said unto Bil'am, Thou shalt not go with them: thou shalt not curse the people; for it is blessed.

¹³And Bil'am rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Go back to your land; for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

¹⁴And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Bil'am refuseth to come with us.

¹⁵And Balak sent yet again princes, more in number, and more honorable than those.

¹⁶And they came to Bil'am, and said to him, Thus hath said Balak the son of Zippor, Do not suffer thyself, I pray thee, to be prevented from coming unto me;