Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The "falling" of which Balaam speaks was the condition under which the inward opening of his eyes took place. It indicates the force of the divine inspiration overpowering the seer. The faithful prophets of the Lord do not appear to have been subject to these violent illapses Daniel 8:17; Revelation 1:17.
In Balaam and in Saul I Samuel 19:24 the word of God could only prevail by first subduing the alien will, and overpowering the bodily energies which the will ordinarily directs.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Numbers 24:4:
Numbers 21:27
2 Samuel 23:1
Psalms 119:18
Isaiah 1:1
Daniel 2:1
Daniel 8:1
Acts 10:10
Revelation 1:10
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