The next morning Balaam got up and said to leaders from Balak, “Go back to your own country. The Lord will not let me go with you.”
But God said to Balaam, “Don’t go with them. You must not speak against those people. They are my people.”
So the leaders of Moab went back to Balak and told him this. They said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam. The Lord changed the curse into a blessing for you. Why? Because the Lord your God loves you.