Why Was Hashem Angry at Bilam/2

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45: <mekorot><multilink><a href="RashiBemidbar22-9-35" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiBemidbar22-9-35" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:18-26,28-30,32-35</a><a href="RashiBemidbar24-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 24:1</a><a href="RashiBemidbar24-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 24:14</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashbamBemidbar22-22-33" data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamBereshit32-29" data-aht="source">Bereshit 32:29</a><a href="RashbamBemidbar22-22-33" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:22-25,33</a><a href="RashbamBemidbar24-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 24:1</a><a href="RashbamBemidbar24-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 24:14</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. 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Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="ChizkuniBemidbar22-12-34" data-aht="source">Chizkuni</a><a href="ChizkuniBemidbar22-12-34" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:12-13,15,19-24</a><a href="ChizkuniBemidbar24-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 24:1</a><a href="ChizkuniBemidbar24-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 24:14</a><a href="R. Chizkiyah b. Manoach (Chizkuni)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Chizkiyah b. Manoach</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RambanBemidbar22-13-35" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBemidbar22-13-35" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:13,20,35</a><a href="RambanBemidbar24-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 24:1</a><a href="RambanBemidbar25-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 25:1</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink> #2,<fn>See Ramban's words, "גם יתכן שהיה חפץ ההולך לקלל את העם, ולא היה חפצו לברכם בשום פנים" in his comments to v. 35.&#160; According to Ramban, though, Hashem's initial anger at Bilam related to his not sharing with the messengers Hashem's caveat, that even though he was permitted to accompany the officers, he would not be able to curse the nation.&#160; This had the potential to cause a desecration of Hashem's name, for when Bilam blessed the nation, the Moabites would assume that Hashem had gone back on His word.</fn>&#160;<multilink><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar22-2" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar22-2" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:2</a><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar22-7" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:7</a><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar22-22" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:22</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. 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