Then Balak sent other officials, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.
And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
Then Balak again sent princes, more of them and more honorable than the first ones.
And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.
Balak continued to send other officials more numerous and important than these.
Again, he sent many more persons, and these were more noble than those he had sent before.
Then he sent many more and more noble than he had sent before.
So the Moabite officials returned to Balak and said, ‘Balaam refused to come with us.’
They came to Balaam and said: ‘This is what Balak son of Zippor says: do not let anything keep you from coming to me,