| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Nu 22:15 | King James | And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Balak, like the ancient pagan world generally, not only believed in the efficacy of the curses and incantations of the soothsayers, but regarded their services as strictly venal. Hence, when his first offer was declined, he infers at once that he had not bid high enough. |