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Another key lesson is that God chose the Israelites to be his people. The author uses satire to bring about this point. The silly donkey knew better than Balaam to listen to God. The lesson for our children is to teach them that God's plans will not be thwarted.

Instead, he made him bless the Israelites. It appeared Balaam was repentant, but his heart was still opposed to the Israelites.Įven though Balaam still wanted to curse the Israelites. It said to Balaam, “What have I done to you? Why did you hit me those three times?” Numbers 22:28.Īt that same time, God made Balaam see the angel.

After the third time, the Lord opened the donkey's mouth and he talked to Balaam. Each time the donkey turned away, Balaam beat the donkey to try to keep him moving forward. Each time the donkey saw the angel and tried to turn away. An angel of the Lord appeared to the donkey on his way, 3 times. He was going to pay Balaam to put a curse on the Israelites. Numbers 22:3.īalak was the king of Moab, at the time. In fact, Moab was filled with panic because of the people of Israel. The people of Moab were terrified because there were so many Israelites. They had just finished their task of wiping out the Amorites and the Moabites were next. The Israelites were being led into the promised land by God and were commanded by God to destroy all of the current residents of that land. (Also see 2 Peter 2:15 and Revelation 2:14)īalak, the king of Moab, had a problem.

Numbers 31 reveals this as Balaam's idea to turn the Israelites away from God and cause them to self destruct, since his first strategy to curse them was not successful. In Numbers 25, we see the Israelites committing sexual sins with the Midianite woman and turning away from God. Any good words that came out of Balaam's mouth were placed there directly by God. He was representing God, but in reality was using the Lord's name in vain. He was not one of God's chosen people (Israelites), nor was he a believer.

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