Numbers 22:35

“And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, go with the men, etc.] Which was not a command, but a concession, or rather a permission, leaving him to go if he would, suffering him to follow his own heart’s lusts, and giving him up to them to his own destruction; and besides, it was not his going barely that was displeasing to God, but his going with such a bad intention: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak; which expresses not only what he ought to do, but what he should be obliged to do, even to bless the people against his will, when his mind was to curse them, it being for his worldly interest; and therefore it is suggested he had better not go at all,…”

“Go with the men - A command, not a permission merely. Balaam, no longer a faithful servant of God, was henceforth overruled in all his acts so that he might subserve the divine purpose as an instrument. Numbers 22:26 A city of Moab - Or, Ir-Moab, probably the same with Ar-Moab Numbers 21:15. As Balaam in his journey would avoid the districts occupied by the Israelites, he must have approached this city from the east, by the course of the Nahaliel; and in the name Balu’a, still borne by one of the upper branches of this stream, there is perhaps a reminiscence of the name of the prophet. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Go with the men - I allow thee to go, upon the following terms. Numbers 22:36”

“22:35 The Lord ensured that Balaam would say only what God commanded (cp. 22:20).”

“Go: Num 22:20; Psa 81:12; Isa 37:26-29; Th2 2:9-12 I shall speak: Num 22:20, Num 22:21 Numbers 22:36”