Charles Ellicott Commentary Numbers 24:14

"And now, behold, I go unto my people: come, [and] I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days." — Numbers 24:14 (ASV)

I go to my people. —This was probably Balaam's intention when he spoke these words. However, the account of Balaam's death shows that he still lingered among the Moabites.

I will advise you ... — The word used here generally means to advise. The announcement Balaam made to Balak virtually included advice, because it foretold Israel's supremacy over all their foes and consequently implied the folly of opposing their progress.

It is not clear whether it was at this time that Balaam taught Balac “to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication” (Revelation 2:14). In any case, there does not seem to be any reference to such advice in this verse, although it is inserted in the Targum of Palestine in this place.

In the latter days.— Literally, in the end of the days. (See Genesis 49:1, where the same expression occurs, and Note.) The prophecy that follows refers exclusively to the future and is divided into four parts by the recurrence of the words “He took up his parable” at Numbers 24:15; Numbers 24:20–21; Numbers 24:23.