OCTOBER 11, 2022 Numbers 23:21 He has not observed iniquity in Jacob, nor has He seen wickedness in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a King is among them. This verse – especially the part about having “not observed iniquity” — has interesting implications. From Balaam’s perspective – a man who has looked for a reason to […]
OCTOBER 10, 2022 Numbers 23:13-14 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the outer part of them, and shall not see them all; curse them for me from there.” So he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top […]
OCTOBER 9, 2022 Numbers 23:5, 8 Then the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” … How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?” When Balaam arrived, Balak was obviously annoyed at the length of time it took for Balaam […]
OCTOBER 8, 2022 Numbers 22:31 Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand; and he bowed his head and fell flat on his face. Once his eyes were opened and he realized what was happening, he became penitent — or so it […]
OCTOBER 7, 2022 Numbers 22:23 Now the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the field. So Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road. This is perhaps one of the strangest […]
OCTOBER 6, 2022 November 22:18-19 Then Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. Now therefore, please, you also stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say […]
OCTOBER 5, 2022 Numbers 22:5 Then he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the river in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying: “Look, a people has come from Egypt. See, they cover the face of the earth, and are settling next to me!” Balak’s hatred for Israel compelled […]
OCTOBER 4, 2022 Numbers 22:2–3 Now Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sick with dread because of the children of Israel. As Israel continued to journey, they engaged two kings that refused to allow them passage — […]
OCTOBER 3, 2022 Numbers 21:16-17 From there they went to Beer, which is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.” Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! All of you sing to it.” The Hebrew word Be’er is literally interpreted as “the well” as opposed to just any […]
OCTOBER 22, 2022 Numbers 25:10-11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My zeal.” The name Phineas […]
OCTOBER 2, 2022 Numbers 21:10-11 Now the children of Israel moved on and camped in Oboth. And they journeyed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim, in the wilderness which is east of Moab, toward the sunrise. After the incident involving the fiery serpents, the children of Israel continued on their journey going from place to place. In other words, […]
OCTOBER 1, 2022 Numbers 21:9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. As believers, we understand that this picture presented to us in the Scripture is intended to point us to the […]
