Midrash sa Mga Kawikaan 7:22: Midrash Tanchuma, Midrash Tanchuma Buber & Bamidbar Rabbah

(Numb. 22:20:) “Then God came unto Balaam at night.” This text is related (to Job 33:15-17), “In a dream, a vision of the night […]; Then he uncovers a human ear […]; To turn a person from an action and conceal pride from a man.” What is the meaning of “conceal from a man”?²⁴Numb. R. 20:11. The Holy One, blessed be He, hid from him (i.e, from Balaam) that his going (with Balak's messengers) would obliterate him from the world and bring him to the grave. ” [To darken (from)] (as in Job 33:30) “Bringing him back from the grave, that he may bask in the light of life.” For when someone is going to sin, Satan dances before him until he completes the transgression. As soon as he has transgressed, he returns to inform Him. Thus it is stated (in Prov. 7: 22–23), “Going after her right away, he comes like an ox to the slaughter …. Until an arrow pierces his liver….” So did the Holy One, blessed be He, hide [obliteration] from Balaam, until he had gone and destroyed his soul. After he had taken leave of his honor, had gone and destroyed his soul and realized how he stood, he began to beg for his soul (saying in Numb. 23:10), “let my soul die the death of the righteous.”

(Numb. 22:20:) THEN GOD CAME UNTO BALAAM AT NIGHT. This text is related (to Job 33:15–17): IN A DREAM, {IN} A VISION OF THE NIGHT …, THEN HE UNCOVERS A HUMAN EAR …, TO TURN AWAY {AN ACTION FROM A PERSON} [A PERSON FROM AN ACTION] AND CONCEAL PRIDE FROM A MAN. What did he CONCEAL<…. > FROM A MAN?²⁷Tanh., Numb. 7:7; Numb. R. 20:11. The Holy One hid from him (i.e, from Balaam) that his going (with Balak's messengers) would obliterate him from the world and bring him to the grave; for when someone is going to sin, Satan dances before him until he completes the transgression. As soon as he has obliterated him,²⁸The parallel passage in the traditional Tanh., Numb. 7:7, reads: “As soon as he has transgressed.” he returns to inform him. Thus it is stated (in Prov. 7: 22–23): GOING AFTER HER RIGHT AWAY, <HE COMES LIKE AN OX TO THE SLAUGHTER> …, UNTIL AN ARROW PIERCES HIS LIVER. So did the Holy One hide <obliteration from Balaam, until he had gone and destroyed his soul. After he had taken leave of his honor, had gone and destroyed his soul, and realized how he stood, he began to beg for his soul (saying in Numb. 23:10): LET MY SOUL DIE THE DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS.

“God came to Bilam at night, and He said to him: If the people came to summon you, rise, go with them; however, only the matter that I will speak to you, shall you do” (Numbers 22:20).
“God came to Bilam at night” – this is what the verse said: “In a dream, in a night vision, when deep sleep falls upon men…Then He uncovers the ears of men…to turn a person away from an action and suppress pride in man” (Job 33:15–17). The Holy One blessed be He concealed from him that his going would eradicate him from the world and lead him to the pit of perdition.²⁸As opposed to the compassion shown by God in other cases, as described in the verse from Job. “To restore his soul from perdition, to be enlightened with the light of life” (Job 33:30); as he eradicated his soul in his going, as when a person goes to sin, the Satan dances for him, until he completes the transgression. Once he eradicates him, he then informs him. Likewise it says: “He follows her unconsciously, like an ox comes to the slaughter…until an arrow splits his liver, like the hastening of a bird to the snare, [not knowing that it is at the cost of his life]” (Proverbs 7:22–23). The Holy One blessed be He obscured from the wicked Bilam²⁹God obscured from Bilam the fact that his desire to curse Israel was sinful. until he went and eradicated his soul. When he left his honor and realized the situation in which he was, he began pleading for his soul: “Let my soul die the death of the upright” (Numbers 23:10).