10Balaam answered, Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moabites, sent (them) to me, and (he) said,
11Lo! a people that is gone out of Egypt hath covered the face of the earth; come thou, and curse them, if in any manner I may fight with them (or for then I may be able to fight against them), and drive them away.
12And God said to Balaam, Do not thou go with them, neither curse thou the people, for it is blessed (or for they be blessed, or for on the contrary, they should be blessed).
13And Balaam rose early, and said to the princes, Go ye into your land (or Go ye back to your land), for God hath forbade me to come with you.
14The princes turned again (or So the leaders returned), and said to Balak, Balaam would not come with us.
15Again Balak sent many more, and nobler, men, than he had sent before;
16which said (or who said), when they had come to Balaam, Balak, the son of Zippor, saith thus, Tarry thou not to come to me,