Numbers 24:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

XXIV.

(1) He set his face toward the wilderness. — i.e., towards the place where the Israelites were encamped on the steppes of Moab.

Numbers 24:1

1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seeka for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.