Discovery BoxNumbers 22:13 
Context22:13 So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land, 1 for the Lord has refused to permit me to go 2 with you.”
Numbers 22:37
Context22:37 Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send again and again 3 to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?” 4
1 tc The LXX adds “to your lord.”
2 tn The main verb is the Piel perfect, “he has refused.” This is followed by two infinitives. The first (לְתִתִּי, lÿtitti) serves as a complement or direct object of the verb, answering the question of what he refused to do – “to give me.” The second infinitive (לַהֲלֹךְ, lahalokh) provides the object for the preceding infinitive: “to grant me to go.”
3 tn The emphatic construction is made of the infinitive absolute and the perfect tense from the verb שָׁלַח (shalakh, “to send”). The idea must be more intense than something like, “Did I not certainly send.” Balak is showing frustration with Balaam for refusing him.
4 sn Balak again refers to his ability to “honor” the seer. This certainly meant payment for his service, usually gold ornaments, rings and jewelry, as well as some animals.
