12and God saith unto Balaam, `Thou dost not go with them; thou dost not curse the people; for it [is] blessed.`
13And Balaam riseth in the morning, and saith unto the princes of Balak, `Go unto your land, for Jehovah is refusing to suffer me to go with you;`
14and the princes of Moab rise, and come in unto Balak, and say, `Balaam is refusing to come with us.`
15And Balak addeth yet to send princes, more numerous and honoured than these,
16and they come in unto Balaam, and say to him, `Thus said Balak son of Zippor, Be not, I pray thee, withheld from coming unto me,
17for very greatly I honour thee, and all that thou sayest unto me I do; and come, I pray thee, pierce for me this people.`
18And Balaam answereth and saith unto the servants of Balak, `If Balak doth give to me the fulness of his house of silver and gold, I am not able to pass over the command of Jehovah my God, to do a little or a great thing;