Numbers 22:12-16

But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

So Balaam got up in the morning and said to Balak’s representatives, “Go back to your land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”

And the representatives from Moab got up and went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

Then Balak sent representatives once again, more numerous and more distinguished than the previous.

They came to Balaam and said to him, “This is what Balak the son of Zippor says: ‘I beg you, let nothing keep you from coming to me;