Joshua 13:22

The soothsayer. Or diviner, one who pretended to foretell future events. Balaam, it would seem, instead of returning to his own land, went to visit the Midianites, whose elders had joined in the invitation given by Moab ( Numbers 22:7 ), and persuaded them to entice the Israelites into idolatry and licentiousness (see Numbers 25:1-18 ) For this crime he met with the punishment he had deserved, and was involved in the destruction which fell on the Midianites by God's express command, in consequence of their treachery ( Numbers 25:16-18 . See Blunt, 'Undesigned Coincidences,' Part I. 24)