So the Moabite officials returned to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
The next morning Balaam got up and said to Balak’s officials, “Go back to your own country, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
Then Balak sent other officials, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.
Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you?”