(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Numbers 24:15–25, “And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.”
When Balaam finally told the truth, he was bound by the promised that the Lord had given to Abraham all those years before. Balaam himself said that the Lord was not a man that He should lie (Num 23: 19). The Lord would never retract those promises and Balaam was a prophet who actually heard the words of the Lord. He promised that a star would come out of Jacob and a great ruler. This great ruler would defeat these nations that had conspired to prevent Israel from progressing towards the Promised Land. After this Balaam went home and so did Balak.
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