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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 63, 4 March 2026   
      
   1) Numbers 22, Numbers 23, Numbers 24   
      
   NUMBERS 22   
      
   Balak Summons Balaam   
      
   1 (Nu 33:48-50; 36:13) Then the children of Israel set out   
   and camped in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan from Jericho.   
   2 (Jdg 11:25) Balak the son of Zippor saw   
   all that Israel had done to the Amorites.   
   3 (Ex 15:15) Moab was very afraid of the people because they were many,   
   and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.   
   4 (Nu 25:15-18; 31:8) Moab said to the elders of Midian,   
   "Now this company will lick up all that are around us,   
   as the ox licks up the grass of the field."   
   And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.   
   5 (Dt 23:4; Jos 24:9; Mic 6:5) He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor   
   at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of the sons of his people,   
   to call him, saying,   
   "A people went out from Egypt. They cover the face of the earth,   
   and they dwell next to me.   
   6 (Nu 23:7-8; 24:9) And now, please come curse this people for me   
   because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I will prevail, a   
   nd we will defeat them, and I will drive them out of the land   
   because I know that he whom you bless is blessed,   
   and he whom you curse is cursed."   
   7 (1Sa 9:7-8; Mic 3:11) The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian   
   went with the divination payments in their hand, and they came to   
   Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak.   
   8 He said to them, "Lodge here tonight,   
   and I will bring you word again, as the Lord will speak to me."   
   And the leaders of Moab dwelt with Balaam.   
   9 (Ge 20:3; Nu 22:20) God came to Balaam and said,   
   "Who are these men with you?"   
   10 And Balaam said to God, "Balak the son of Zippor,   
   king of Moab, has sent word to me, saying,   
   11 'A people went out of Egypt who covers the face of the earth.   
   Now come, curse them for me.   
   Perhaps I will be able to battle them and drive them out.'"   
   12 (Ge 12:2) God said to Balaam, "You will not go with them.   
   You will not curse the people because they are blessed."   
   13 So Balaam rose up in the morning and said to the princes of Balak,   
   "Go to your land because the Lord refuses to let me to go with you."   
   14 The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak and said,   
   "Balaam refuses to come with us."   
   15 Again Balak sent officials, more numerous and more honorable than they.   
   16 They came to Balaam and said to him,   
   "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor,   
   'Please, let nothing hold you back from coming to me,   
   17 (Nu 24:11) because I will promote you to very great honor,   
   and anything you say to me I will do. Come please, curse this people for me.'"   
   18 (Nu 24:13; 1Ki 22:14; 2Ch 18:13) Balaam answered the servants of Balak,   
   "If Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, I am not able to go   
   beyond the command of the Lord my God, to do less or more.   
   19Now please remain here tonight, that I may know what   
   more the Lord will say to me."   
   20 (Nu 22:35; 23:12) God came to Balaam at night and said to him,   
   "If the men come to call you, rise up and go with them.   
   But surely the word which I will say to you, that will you do."   
      
   [1] And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of   
   Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.   
   [2] And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.   
   [3] And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab   
   was distressed because of the children of Israel.   
   [4] And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up   
   all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field.   
   And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.   
   [5] He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor,   
   which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call   
   him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they   
   cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:   
   [6] Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too   
   mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and   
   that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest   
   is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.   
   [7] And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the   
   rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake   
   unto him the words of Balak.   
   [8] And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word   
   again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with   
   Balaam.   
   [9] And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?   
   [10] And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath   
   sent unto me, saying,   
   [11] Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of   
   the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome   
   them, and drive them out.   
   [12] And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not   
   curse the people: for they are blessed.   
   [13] And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak,   
   Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.   
   [14] And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said,   
   Balaam refuseth to come with us.   
   [15] And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.   
   [16] And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of   
   Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:   
   [17] For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do   
   whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this   
   people.   
   [18] And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would   
   give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of   
   the LORD my God, to do less or more.   
   [19] Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may   
   know what the LORD will say unto me more.   
   [20] And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come   
   to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say   
   unto thee, that shalt thou do.   
      
   Balaam, the Donkey, and the Angel   
      
   21 Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey,   
   and went with the princes of Moab.   
   22 (Ex 4:24; Nu 22:32_ The anger of God was inflamed because he went,   
   and the angel At times the Lord speaks directly through an angel   
   (cf. the story of the burning bush in Ex 3:2-4).   
   of the Lord stood in the way as an adversary against him.   
   Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.   
   23 The donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way,   
   and His sword was drawn in His hand, so the donkey turned out of the way   
   and went into the field. Balaam struck the donkey to turn her onto the road.   
   24 But the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path of the vineyards,   
      
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