Numbers 22:12

9 God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you?

10 Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, [saying],

11 Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers the surface of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.

12 God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.

13 Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Yahweh refuses to give me leave to go with you.

14 The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.

15 Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.