Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for the LORD refuses to permit me to go with you.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 22:13 in context
Numbers 22:10–16
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Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has said to me,
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‘Behold, the people that has come out of Egypt covers the surface of the earth. Now, come curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.’”
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God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
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Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for the LORD refuses to permit me to go with you.”
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The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
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Balak again sent princes, more, and more honorable than they.
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They came to Balaam, and said to him, “Balak the son of Zippor says, ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
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