'See, I received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it' — Balaam states his commission explicitly: he has received a command to bless, not to curse. God has blessed Israel; Balaam, as the conveyor of God's word, cannot undo what God has done. The powerlessness is total; even if Balaam wanted to curse, he could not. His will is subsumed in God's will.

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