So Balaam got up in the morning and said to the officials of Balak, “Go back to your country, for Adonai has refused to let me go with you.”
because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way when you came out from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor from Petor of Aram-naharaim to curse you.
So the Moabite officials got up, went back to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them! Do not curse them, for they are blessed!”