When Balaam got up in the morning, he said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your own country, because the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam. Instead, he turned Balaam’s curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.
So the Moabite princes went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
But God said to Balaam, “Don’t go with them! Don’t curse these people, because they are blessed.”