Balaam Therefore Goes with the Chieftains of Moab (Numbers 22:21).
‘And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the chieftains of Moab.'
As God had bidden him Balaam rose, saddled his ass, and went with the chieftains of Moab. Note that he was now supposed to be under God's orders. But it is clear that his thoughts were seemingly otherwise. He was all mixed up. For God knew that while he was obeying Him, he was still thinking in terms of helping the Moabites. He was measuring up how he could ‘persuade' God to conform to what he wanted. Thus he needed to be taught a lesson.