Why Balak Outranked Balaam in Divination at Bamoth-baal

Midrash Aggadah, Numbers 22:41

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"And he brought him up to Bamoth-baal" (Numbers 22:41). Balak was a master of divinations and enchantments more than Balaam, for Balaam walked after him like a blind man. This was because Balak foresaw the future, that Israel were destined to sin with Baal-peor, so that the Holy One, blessed be He, would remember that iniquity against them, and would also allow them to be cursed.

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