12And God said to Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
13And Balaam rose in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Depart into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
14And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
15And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.
16And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming to me: