'Princes' in the Bible
Well water that the princes dug, that the leaders of the people dug, with a staff [and] with their rods." And from [the] desert [they continued to] Mattanah,
He said to them, "Spend the night here, and I will return, and I will return word to you, just as Yahweh speaks to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
Balaam got up in the morning, and he said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your land, because Yahweh refused to allow me to go with you."
The princes of Moab got up and went to Balak, and they said, "Balaam refused to come with us."
Balak again sent many princes, [who were more] honored {than the former}.
So Balaam got up in the morning and saddled his donkey, and he went with the princes of Moab.
The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but speak only the word that I will speak to you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
And Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he sent [them] to Balaam and to the princes who [were] with him.
He came to him, and behold, he [was] standing at his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has Yahweh spoken?"