?Hisyatzev Koh al Olosecha ve?Anochi Ikareh Koh?. What is the significance of Bil?am?s two statements?
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R. Bachye (citing a Midrash): To counter the two merits of Yisrael - 1. Korbanos - when Hashem blessed Avraham
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?Koh Yih?yeh Zar?echa!?; 2. Birchas Kohanim, by which the Torah writes ?Koh Sevarchu?,
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Balak with his Korban, and he, with his Chochmah, would succeed in cursing Yisrael.