So they got up early the next morning and traveled to the top of the mountain, telling themselves, "Look, we're here and we're going to go up to the place that the LORD had spoken about, even though we've sinned."

So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

After this, they traveled from Mount Hor along the caravan route by way of the Sea of Reeds and went around the land of Edom. But when the people got impatient because it was a long route,

So Balaam got up the next morning and told Balak's officials, "Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused me permission to go with you."

So Balak's officials got up, returned to Balak and reported, "Balaam refused to come with us."

The next morning, Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and started to leave, accompanied by the Moabite officials.

When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she crouched down under Balaam. As a result, Balaam got so angry that he started to whip the donkey with his staff.

Then Balaam got up, returned to his country, and Balak went on his way.