And the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not earnestly send to you, calling for you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?”
So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go back to your land, for the Lord has refused to give me permission to go with you.”
Then Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more honorable than they.