“So Bil‘am got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Mo’av.  But God’s anger flared up because he went, and the angel of Adonai stationed himself on the path to bar his way. He was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.  The donkey saw […]

“God came to Bil‘am during the night and said to him, ‘If the men have come to summon you, get up and go with them; but do only what I tell you.’”-Numbers 22:20 After the first negotiation session between Balaam and Balak’s men, we’re told that very night the Lord appeared to Balaam in a […]

“But Balaam answered them, ‘Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything great or small to go beyond the command of the Lord my God. Now spend the night here so that I can find out what else the Lord will tell me.’”-Numbers 22:18-19 After […]

“God came to Balaam and asked, ‘Who are these men with you?’ Balaam said to God, ‘Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message: ‘A people that has come out of Egypt covers the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps then I will be able […]

In the person of Balaam, we really encounter a strange phenomenon. We have God carefully guiding his chosen people Israel, but then turning around and speaking through a gentile prophet. And we’re not talking about a gentile who was grafted into Israel. Balaam was NOT a part of Israel. Because of this, we should not […]