Israel are God’s chosen people and were blessed by him, but Balaam desired the reward promised by Balak and schemed to circumvent God’s command. He is set forth as a bad example. We should accept the straight forward instructions of God (Numbers 22:12),Waiting for response for Numbers 22:12 not change our understanding of his commands to suit ourselves, and especially not for money. This is what Balaam did and so, later, did many Christians (2 Peter 2:15-16).Waiting for response for 2 Peter 2:15-16
Balaam went to King Balak hoping to gain rich rewards by cursing Israel, but God used him to bless them instead. These events show how God made men, even reluctant ones like Balaam, express his mind. The prophets of the LORD did not express their own thoughts, but God’s. Thus their prophecies in the Bible, although expressed by men, are the thoughts of the LORD, as Balaam said: “Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do”
Balaam spoke seven times in prophetic parables concerning Israel’s uniqueness among the nations and her glorious future, including prophecies concerning Christ, and two of these are in this chapter. The LORD God chose Abraham and separated his descendants through Isaac and Jacob from all the other nations to be his people; as Balaam was moved to declare: “the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations”.v.9Waiting for response for Numbers 23:9 God promised Abraham that his seed would be multitudinous like the dust, therefore, said Balaam: “Who can count the dust of Jacob?”.v.10Waiting for response for Numbers 23:10 The true seed of Abraham are all righteous and although most of them are now dead they will not sleep in the grave for ever but will awake to great reward: “Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!”.v.10Waiting for response for Numbers 23:10