Balaam, the so-called non Israelite prophet of the LORD, Samuel 22:2 part three NIV
Balaam's Donkey Numbers 22:36-41
continued part two
to meet him at the Moabite town on the Arnon boarder at the edge of his territory.
Balak said to Balaam,"Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn't you
come to me? Am I not able to reward you?"
"Well I have come now,"Balaam replied,"But I can' I just say anything? I must
speakonly what God puts in my mouth."
Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth. Balak sacrificed cattle and
sheep,and gave some to Balaam and the princes who were with him. The
next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal and there he saw part
of the people.
Balaam's First Oracle Numbers 23:1-12 part one
Balaam said,"Build me seven alters here, and prepare seven bulls and seven
rams for me." Balak did as Balaam said, and the two of them offered a bull
and a ram on each alter. Then Balaam said to Balak,"Stay here beside your
offering while I go aside. Perhaps the LORD will come and meet with me.
Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you." Then he went off to a barren height.
God meet with him, and Balaam said,"I have prepared seven alters, and on
each alter I have offered a bull and a ram."
The LORD put a message in Balaam's mouth and said,"Go back to Balak and
give him this message."
So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the
princes of Moab. Then Balaam uttered his oracle:
"Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.
'Come,' he said,'curse Jacob for me; come denounce Israel.'
How can I curse
those whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce
those whom the LORD has not
denounced?
From the rocky peaks I see them,
from the heights I view them.
I see a people who live apart
and do not consider themselves
one of the nations.
Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the
righteous,
and may my end be like theirs!"
The Call of Abram Genesis 12:1-3
The LORD said to Abram,"Leave your country, your people and your father's
household and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you a great
nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a
blessing. I will bless those who bless you and I will curse those who curse
you and all the peoples on the earth will be blessed through you."
Balaam's Second Oracle part two Numbers 23:13
Then Balak said to him,"Come with me to another place where you can see
them;
Roxanne Lea Dubarry
Roxy Lea 1954/October Country
July 15, 2024
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