Numbers 22:10-16

¹⁰And Balaam saith unto God, 'Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me:

¹¹Lo, the people that is coming out from Egypt and covereth the eye of the land, — now come, pierce it for me; it may be I am able to fight against it, and have cast it out;'

¹²and God saith unto Balaam, 'Thou dost not go with them; thou dost not curse the people; for it is blessed.'

¹³And Balaam riseth in the morning, and saith unto the princes of Balak, 'Go unto your land, for Jehovah is refusing to suffer me to go with you;'

¹⁴and the princes of Moab rise, and come in unto Balak, and say, 'Balaam is refusing to come with us.'

¹⁵And Balak addeth yet to send princes, more numerous and honoured than these,

¹⁶and they come in unto Balaam, and say to him, 'Thus said Balak son of Zippor, Be not, I pray thee, withheld from coming unto me,