Balaam] The Diviner or Sooth-sayer, Joshua 13:22. proved to be a bad man by his following of enchantments, Numbers 24:1. and by his desire to curse Israel, and by building of Altars unto Baal, whereof in this and the next Chapter; yet some take him to be a Prophet (as he is styled, 2 Peter 2:16.) and a Prophet of God, because God had such intercourse with him, and because he particularly prophecied of Christ to come, and because he speaketh of God as his God, Chap. 24. vers. 13. yet they acknowledge him a wicked man, for such may prophecie in Gods name as well as in Christs, Matthew 7:22. river] Euphrates.