They had seen the star and had followed it. What Balak tried to prevent and what Balaam was meant to curse, had ome to pass. The people who came out of Egypt had reached the promised land.

“Come and put a curse on these people,” King Balak told Balaam (Numbers 22:6). Instead, Balaam enraged the king by blessing the Hebrew people—multiple times (24:10). One of his blessings inc ...