Balaam’s Donkey. 21 Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite officials. 22 But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him.

2023年12月8日 · The Bible tells us that Balaam was the son of Beor (Numbers 22:5), living in Pethor near the Euphrates River. Balaam was highly regarded by the Moabites and Midianites as a soothsayer ( Joshua 13:22 ) and prophet ( Numbers 24:2-9 …

2024年1月25日 · Balaam, a wicked prophet, encounters a strange phenomenon involving an angel and a talking donkey on his way to speak with the Moabite officials. One of the weirdest passages in the Old Testament takes place between the chapters of Numbers 22-24.

The donkey speaking to Balaam serves as a rebuke to the prophet, who, despite his spiritual insight, is blind to God's immediate presence and will. This moment foreshadows the New Testament's emphasis on spiritual blindness and the need for divine revelation ( John 9:39-41 ).

T he Bible has an account of a talking donkey. Why did God cause this and what can we learn from this historical account in the Bible?

2022年3月30日 · The story of Balaam and his talking donkey is found in Numbers 22. Balaam was a pagan prophet who practiced divination and other magic arts, led Israel into apostasy, and was identified as a greedy, unscrupulous man by Peter and Jude (2 Peter 2:15 –16; Jude 1:11).

2017年5月16日 · Balaam and the Talking Donkey. Ok, if the narration of the talking donkey doesn’t suggest God’s sense of humor, then certainly the prophet’s response does. He answered the animal! In all seriousness, Numbers 22:21-35 gives us a …