In Numbers, chapter twenty-two, verse twenty-eight, the Lord opens the mouth of the donkey. Earlier, Balaam saddled his mule to travel with the princes of Moab, and God was angry because he went. The angel of the Lord stood in Balaam’s way to disrupt his intentions. During the travel of Balaam along with the two […]
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In Numbers, chapter twenty-two, verse twenty-two, God permitted Balaam to go but was angry with him because Balaam was considering Balak’s offer. Balaam’s spiritual blindness reveals through the incident with the donkey.Though God had given Balaam leave to go. However, it was upon condition that the princes called him to go with them. Balaam went
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In Numbers, chapter twenty-two, verse eighteen, Balaam answers the Sons of Balak with an intelligent response. Balaam’s reference to “the Lord my God” may indicate that His worship of many gods included the worship of the God of Israel. Scripture depicts Balaam as a man motivated by money rather than righteousness. The servants of Balak
In Numbers, chapter twenty-two, verse five, Balaam was not an Israelite but an internationally known priest-diviner. Balak believed that this man could place a curse on others, as described in verse six. He believes Balaam was able to do this by influencing the will of the gods and spirits through his secret knowledge of sorcery,
In Numbers, chapter twenty-one, verse nine, the living-giving power of the brass serpent anticipates the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ, who was lifted on the cross to bring to all who took to Him. John three, fourteen through fifteen, states, “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son
In Numbers twenty-one, verse three, God, through Israel, destroyed the Caananites in the Negev. The destruction was a just act upon those who committed sin, immorality, violence, and unrighteousness. As the Lord of history, God has the right to decide when it is best to destroy the wicked to accomplish His redemptive purpose for the
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In Numbers, chapter twenty, verse twelve, Moses was forbidden to lead God’s people into Canaan because he had not carefully followed the Lord’s command as instructed in verse eight, and the result from verse eleven. Moses was the spiritual leader of God’s people, the one through whom God gave the law. His responsibility to obey
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In Numbers, chapter twenty, verse eight, the Lord speaks to Moses for him to take his rod and gather the assembly, and get Aaron and speak to the rock before their eyes, for it will bring forth water. Moses and Aaron get the people together as the Lord commanded, but for some reason, he strikes
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In Numbers, chapter twenty, verse one, the events begin in the fortieth year after the exodus from Egypt. The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, arrive in the desert of Zin, where the people abode in Kadesh. The people had wandered in the wilderness for thirty-nine years. Most of the first generation died because
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In Numbers, chapter nineteen, verse two, the Lord speaks to Moses and Aaron concerning the children of Israel that they bring a red heifer. The sacrifice of the red heifer in the Old Testament provided cleansing of anyone who was ritually unclean or defiled and unable to draw near to God in worship. A red
