The Moabite leaders left. They returned to Balak, and told him, “Balaam refused to come back with us.”
In the morning Balaam got up and said to Balak's messengers, “Go back to where you came from because the Lord has refused to allow me to go with you.”
Then Balak sent even more leaders who were more prestigious than before.
He said to Balaam, “Didn't you think my call for you to come was urgent? Why didn't you come to me straight away? Did you think I couldn't pay you enough?”