13. The next morning Balaam got up and told Balak’s officials, “Go on home! The lord will not let me go with you.”
14. So the Moabite officials returned to King Balak and reported, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
15. Then Balak tried again. This time he sent a larger number of even more distinguished officials than those he had sent the first time.
16. They went to Balaam and delivered this message to him:“This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Please don’t let anything stop you from coming to help me.