Then Balaq again sent heads, more numerous and more esteemed than they.
And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
Then Balak again sent princes, more of them and more honorable than the first ones.
And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.
Balak continued to send other officials more numerous and important than these.
Again, he sent many more persons, and these were more noble than those he had sent before.
Then he sent many more and more noble than he had sent before.
And the heads of Mo’aḇ arose and went to Balaq, and said, “Bil‛am refuses to come with us.”
And they came to Bil‛am and said to him, “This is what Balaq son of Tsippor said: ‘Do not be withheld from coming to me, please,