So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s officials, “Go back to your land, because the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but he turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.
The officials of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and reported, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
Then God said to Balaam, “You are not to go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”