10 Balak lost his temper with Balaam. He shook his fist. He said to Balaam: "I got you in here to curse my enemies and what have you done? Blessed them! Blessed them three times! 11 Get out of here! Go home! I told you I would pay you well, but you're getting nothing. You can blame God." 12 Balaam said to Balak, "Didn't I tell you up front when you sent your emissaries, 13 'Even if Balak gave me his palace stuffed with silver and gold, I couldn't do anything on my own, whether good or bad, that went against God's command'? 14 I'm leaving for home and my people, but I warn you of what this people will do to your people in the days to come."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 24:10-14
Commentary on Numbers 24:10-14
(Read Numbers 24:10-14)
This vain attempt to curse Israel is ended. Balak broke out into a rage against Balaam, and expressed great vexation. Balaam has a very full excuse; God restrained him from saying what he would have said, and constrained him to say what he would not have uttered.