Returning, the leaders said to Balak, "Balaam was not willing to come with us."
And he, rising up in the morning, said to the leaders, "Go into your own land, for the Lord has prohibited me from going with you."
Again, he sent many more persons, and these were more noble than those he had sent before.
And he said to Balaam: "I sent messengers to call you. Why did you not come to me immediately? Was it because I am not able to pay the cost for your arrival?"