_BALAAM_ ‘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.… And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.’ Numbers 22:13 Balaam is one of the most inte... [ Continue Reading ]
_SELF-DECEPTION_ ‘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,’ etc. Numbers 22:20 In the story of Balaam we have a seeming contradiction. God said, ‘If the men come... [ Continue Reading ]
_OBEDIENCE WITHOUT LOVE_ ‘The word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.’ Numbers 22:38 The first and most general account of Balaam would be this: that he was a very eminent person in his age and country, that he was courted and gained by the enemies of Israel, that he promoted a wic... [ Continue Reading ]