Numbers 23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
That turned out to be the key Balaam was searching for, because God Himself tied the prosperity and the security of His people to conscientious obedience of His laws and as a direct result they’re surrounded by an invisible and impenetrable armor on every side.
With this golden nugget of information before him, Balaam goes to work studiously, for if the equation can be upended, he just might have the success he craved and the magic spell he had failed to cast over them, might finally work.
Thus, human agents are sent in among the Hebrews with apparently the best of intentions but under the outer garb of friendship, is a focused determination to get the Hebrews to violate God’s laws, and as the after history of the Hebrews shows, Balaam indeed was successful.
Numbers 25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!