And God came to Bilam at night and said to him: If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only the word that I speak to you — that shall you do.
English: Rav Nachman said: Chutzpah is effective even toward Heaven. At first it is written, “You shall not go with them,” and afterward it is written, “Rise, go with them.”
Type of Learning
Inference from sequential divine responses to the same request.
What Is Learned
Persistent pressure changed the permission — yet the content of what he may say remains bound to Hashem’s word alone.