10. So Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,
11. ‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overpower them and drive them out.’ ”
12. And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
13. 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.”