11See, the people who have come out of Egypt are covering all the earth: now, put a curse on this people for me, so that I may be able to make war on them, driving them out of the land.
12And God said to Balaam, You are not to go with them, or put a curse on this people, for they have my blessing.
13In the morning Balaam got up and said to the chiefs of Balak, Go back to your land, for the Lord will not let me go with you.
14So the chiefs of Moab went back to Balak and said, Balaam will not come with us.
15So Balak sent more chiefs, greater in number and of higher position than the others.
16And they came to Balaam and said, Balak, son of Zippor, says, Let nothing keep you from coming to me:
17For I will give you a place of very great honour, and whatever you say to me I will do; so come, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people.
