‘Behold, the people that has come out of Egypt covers the surface of the earth.
Now, come curse them for me.
Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.’”
God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them.
You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for the LORD refuses to permit me to go with you.”
The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”