Balaam refuses to come with us. It does not appear that Balaam had told the messengers of Balak the ground of the Divine prohibiti…

And the princes of Moab rose up
And the princes of Midian also, immediately, without entering into a parley with him…

The king of Moab formed a plan to have the people of Israel cursed; that is, to set God against them, who had until now fought for them. He had a f…