Numbers 24:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

To seek for enchantments] lit. 'to meet omens': see on Numbers 23:3. Toward the wilderness] i.e. towards the plain where the Israelites were encamped: see Numbers 21:20; Numbers 22:1.

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.