Balaam's demise, the so-called non Israelite prophet of the LORD, Numbers 22:2 conclusion
Balaam's Final Oracle Numbers 24:21-25
and uttered his oracle:
"Your dwelling place is so secure,
your nest is set upon a rock;
yet you Kenites will be destroyed
when Asshur takes you captive."
Then he uttered his oracle:
"Ah, who can live when God does
this?
Ships will come from the shores of
Kittim;
they will subdue Asshur and Eber,
but they too will come to ruin."
Then Balaam got up and returned home and Balak went on his own way.
Other books of the Bible where Balaam is mentioned both in the Old, but also,
in the New Testament of the Holy Bible.
Nehemiah's Final Reforms Nehemiah 13:1-3
On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people
and there it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be
admitted into the assembly of God, because they did not meet the Israelites
with food and water but hired Balaam to call a curse down on them. (Our God,
however, turned the curse into a blessing.) When the people heard this law,
they excluded from Israel all those who were of foreign descent.
11 Peter False Teachers and Their Destruction 11 Peter 2:15-16
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam,
son of Boer, who loved the wages of wickedness. But he was rebucked for his
wrong doing by a donkey--a beast without speech--who spoke with a man's
voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
Jude The Sin and Doom of Godless Men 1:11
Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit
into Balaam's error; they have been destroyed in Korah's rebellion.
Vengeance on the Midanities Numbers 31:7 the demise of Balaam
Numbers 31:8-12
They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every
man. Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Hur, and Rheba--the five kings of
Midian. They also killed Balaam, son of Boer with the sword.
[Thus Balaam the prophetic oracle of the LORD, died with the enemies of
Israel, because he desired to curse them for profit.]
The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all of the
Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder. The burned all of the towns
where the Midainates settled, as well as their camps. They took all of the
plunder and the spoil, including people and animals and brought the captives,
spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazer the priest and the Israelite assembly
at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
Roxanne Lea Dbarry
Roxy Lea 1954
07/15/24
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