Numbers 24:25

“And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place, etc.] The country from whence he came, that is, he went from Balak, according to his command, in order to return to his own land; for he seems not to have reached it, but stayed by the way among the Moabites and Midianites, and was slain in a battle between Israel and them, (<043108>Numbers 31:8), or if he did reach Mesopotamia, he returned again, as Chaskuni says; and either before he left Balak, or in his journey homewards, or when he returned, he gave that advice, to seduce the Israelites first to whoredom, and by that to idolatry, the effects of which are observed in the following chapter, see Gill “<042414>Numbers 24:14” and Balak…”

“Balaam rose up, and went . . . to his place--Mesopotamia, to which, however, he did not return. (See on Num 31:8). Next: Numbers Chapter 25”

“Returned to his own place - i. e., among the Midianites to plot by new means against the people of God, and to perish in his sin Numbers 31:8, Numbers 31:16; Revelation 2:14. return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliographical Information Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on Numbers 24". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bnb/numbers-24.html. 1870. StudyLight.org &copy;&#160;2001-2026 Powered by Lightspeed Technology”

“To his place - To Mesopotamia; tho' afterwards he returned to the Midianites, and gave them that devilish counsel which was put in practice, Num 25:16-18. Next: Numbers Chapter 25”

“24:25 Balaam did not yet go back to Pethor (31:8).”

“Num 24:11, Num 31:8; Jos 13:22 Next: Numbers Chapter 25”

“At the close of this announcement Balaam and Balak departed from one another. "Balaam rose up, and went and turned towards his place" (i.e., set out on the way to his house); "and king Balak also went his way." למקמו ישׁב does not mean, "he returned to his place," into his home beyond the Euphrates (equivalent to אל־מקמו ישׁב), but merely "he turned towards his place" (both here and in Gen 18:33). That he really returned home, is not implied in the words themselves; and the question, whether he did so, must be determined from other circumstances. In the further course of the history, we learn that Balaam went to the Midianites, and advised them to seduce the Israelites to unfaithfulness to…”