“If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?”
'Now I am going to my people; let me advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days' — Balaam offers to depart, but he offers one more prophecy before leaving. He will advise ('I'atzka et asher ya'amod am-zeh le-amecha b'acharit hayamim') what Israel will do to Moab 'in the latter days' (b'acharit hayamim). The phrase suggests the future, perhaps the messianic age or a distant historical epoch. Balaam's final oracle will address Israel's ultimate triumph.
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