And he took up his discourse and said: The speech of Bilam son of Beor, and the speech of the man whose eye is open.
Sanhedrin 105a — same closed-eye reading already cited at 24:3; restated at the opening of the final mashal.
English: It was taught: R. Yochanan said: Bilam was blind in one of his eyes, as it is said, “And the speech of the man whose eye is open.”
Reapplication of the defect-mark at the start of the last prophecy.
Even as he opens the final mashal of star and scepter, the verse still marks him as the man of the closed eye.