Balak again sent princes, more, and more honorable than they.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 22:15 in context
Numbers 22:12–18
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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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for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’”
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Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
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