So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land, for the Lord has refused to permit me to go with you.”
But God said to Balaam, “You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
So the princes of Moab departed and went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you.