Numbers 22:8-14

8Balaam said to them, ‘Stay here tonight. I will talk to the Lord. Tomorrow, I will tell you his answer.’ So the Moabite officers stayed with Balaam.

9Then God came to Balaam and he asked, ‘Who are these men who are staying with you?’

10Balaam said to God, ‘Zippor's son Balak, the king of Moab, has sent a message to me.

11He said, “A big group of people has come from Egypt and they cover all the ground. So please come and curse them for me. Then perhaps I will be able to fight them and send them away.” ’

12God said to Balaam, ‘Do not agree to go with them. You must not curse those people. They are special people. I have blessed them.’

13The next day, Balaam said to the officers from Moab, ‘Go back to Moab. The Lord told me that I should not go with you.’

14So the officers went back to Moab. They told King Balak that Balaam would not come with them.