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Or HaChaim on Numbers 24:11/אור החיים על במדבר כ״ד:י״א

אוְעַתָּה בְּרַח וְגוֹ׳. גָּזַר עָלָיו אַרְבָּעָה דְּבָרִים: א׳, שֶׁלֹּא יִתְעַכֵּב אֶלָּא יֵלֵךְ בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה, וְהוּא אָמְרוֹ וְעַתָּה. ב׳, שֶׁיֵּלֵךְ בִּמְרוּצָה כְּבוֹרֵחַ, וְהוּא אָמְרוֹ בְּרַח. ג׳, שֶׁלֹּא יֵלֵךְ אַחַר עִמּוֹ לְלַוֹּתוֹ אֶלָּא הוּא לְבַדּוֹ, וְהוּא אָמְרוֹ לְךָ. ד׳, שֶׁלֹּא יֵלֵךְ מֵעִיר זוֹ לְעִיר אַחֶרֶת מֵעָרֵי מוֹאָב אוֹ מִדְיָן אֶלָּא לִמְקוֹמוֹ פְּתוֹרָה, וְהוּא אָמְרוֹ אֶל מְקוֹמֶךָ. וּלְפִי שֶׁכָּל זֶה הוּא זִלְזוּל לְבִלְעָם וְהוּא הֵפֶךְ מַה שֶׁשָּׁלַח לוֹ (במדבר כב:יז) ״כִּי כַבֵּד אֲכַבֶּדְךָ מְאֹד״, לָזֶה אָמַר לוֹ ״אָמַרְתִּי כַּבֵּד״ וְגוֹ׳, וְאָמְרוֹ וְהִנֵּה מְנָעֲךָ ה׳ מִכָּבוֹד פֵּרוּשׁ, כָּל מַה שֶׁעָשָׂה ה׳ שֶׁלֹּא הִנִּיחֲךָ לְקַלְּלָם אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא לְתַכְלִית דָּבָר זֶה שֶׁהוּא לְמָנְעֲךָ מֵהַכָּבוֹד.
1 ועתה ברח לך, "And now, you better flee for yourself, etc." Balak decreed four penalties against Bileam. 1) He was not allowed to remain in Moav but was forced to return home (in disgrace). 2) He should make haste, i.e. ברח, "flee." 3) He should go by himself without attendants, i.e. לך "by yourself." 4) He was not to go from this city of Moav to another city or even to Midian but straight to his home, מקומך, "your place." Balak explained to Bileam that if he was forced to belittle him in this fashion though he had previously boasted about his ability to confer a lot of honour on him (22,17), this was only because G'd did not want Bileam to receive this honour, i.e. הנה מנעך השם מכבוד. Balak appears to have interpreted G'd's refusal for Bileam to curse the Jewish people as only a stratagem to prevent Bileam from being honoured.
בוְסָתַר בִּלְעָם טַעֲנָתוֹ כִּי שֶׁקֶר בְּפִיו, הֲלֹא גַּם לְמַלְאָכֶיךָ דִּבַּרְתִּי וְגוֹ׳, פֵּרוּשׁ וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן סָבַרְתָּ וְקִבַּלְתָּ וְשָׁלַחְתָּ לִי ״כִּי כַּבֵּד אֲכַבֶּדְךָ״. וְכָפַל לוֹמַר ״מַלְאָכֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַחְתָּ״ וְלֹא הִסְפִּיק בְּאָמְרוֹ מַלְאָכֶיךָ וּמוּבָן הַדָּבָר שֶׁהוּא שְׁלָחָם, נִתְכַּוֵּן בְּמַאֲמַר מַלְאָכֶיךָ עַל הַמַּלְאָכִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, וְאָמְרוֹ אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַחְתָּ נִתְכַּוֵּן אֶל מַלְאָכִים שֶׁשָּׁלַח פַּעַם שְׁנִיָּה. וְאָמְרוֹ לֵאמֹר פֵּרוּשׁ לֹא דִּבַּרְתִּי הַדְּבָרִים לְבַד אֶלָּא צִוִּיתִים לֵאמֹר לְךָ.
2Bileam immediately denied this argument when he reminded Balak that he had already told the delegates that he would only be able to say what G'd would tell him, and that Balak had insisted that he should come all the same. Bileam reminded Balak that he had repeated the word כבד אכבדך, i.e. he had insisted that Bileam should come because he wanted to honour him regardless of what he would say. He also repeated the words: "your delegates whom you sent," although the words "whom you have sent" were quite redundant, because he also referred to the first set of emissaries. The word מלאכיך refers to the second set of delegates, the words אשר שלחת refer to the first set of emissaries. He added the word לאמור to remind Balak that he had not only told the emissaries what was on his mind, but had asked them at the time to make sure that they would convey this to Balak.