Numbers 23:13
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
Balak takes Balaam to another place to curse Israel, hoping that a different vantage point will enable Balaam to curse them and accomplish their destruction. From that new place Balaam would see only the outermost edge and outer part of the people, not the whole of them, yet Balak still pressed him to curse them from there. The episode belongs to Balaam's unwilling prophecy of blessing over Israel.
Balaam was a corrupt and hypocritical seeker of gain whose heart longed to curse God's people for reward. God in goodness and mercy constrained and controlled him to pronounce the richest and most sublime blessings in the most exalted strains of inspiration, proclaiming Israel as God's chosen with almighty power as her protection, so the Moabites themselves could see God's power at work. In this way God's power turned his intended curse into prophecies in Israel's favor. Balaam's words declare that God's blessing on Israel cannot be overturned, and he could not curse those whom God had not cursed.
The encounter gave added evidence and clear distinct light from God's throne to Moab and Midian while their cup of iniquity was not yet full, as the last ray of light to a stiff-necked people set in defiance of God's will. Afterward, at Balaam's suggestion a snare was laid for Israel that destroyed many thousands, by which the Midianites filled up the measure of their iniquities, their day of probation ended, the door of mercy closed, and the mandate went forth to vex and smite them and avenge Israel of them. Like Balak's efforts to move Balaam, repeated attempts to move Luther from his position by human pressure fail and do not change his decision, because divine power sustains him.