Balaam as a prophet of God must only say those words which God says to him. "Go with these men; and only the word which I speak unto thee - thou dost speak."

Balak, the King of Arad, the Canaanite, thinks that God can be demanded of to do as Balak requires Him to do. All he has to do is give sacrifices as Balaam instructed him to do. He is used to bribing, or demanding what he wants from people. With Baal likewise.

But surely he is led astray, as the Sadduccees had been told by Jesus, by his lack of knowledge of the Scriptures and the power of God, as is the case of many rulers on this earth.

Balaam speaking in the Spirit declares that the true and living God is not " a ,man - and lieth - And a son of man - and repenteth! Hath he said - And doth not do it? And spoken - and doth He not confirm it?' (Numbers 23:19) God's wor ...