Balaam, the so-called non Israelite prophet of the LORD, Numbers 22:2 part two NIV

Numbers 22:18- 20 part two tonight as the others did, and I will out what else the LORD will tell me." That night God came to Balaam and said,"Since these men have come to summon you, go with them, but do only what I tell you." Balaam's Donkey Numbers 22:21 to 36 Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab. But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the road onto a field. Balaam beat her to get her back on the road. Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path between two vineyards, with walls on both sides. When she saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam's foot against it. So he beat her again. When the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he was very angry and beat her with his staff. Then the LORD opened the donkey's mouth, and she said to Balaam,"What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times? Balaam answered the donkey,"You have made a fool out of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now." The donkey said to Balaam,"Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?" "No,"he said. Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD stand- in the road with a sword drawn. So he bowed down and fell face-down. Then the angel of the LORD asked him,"Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come to oppose you because your path is a reckless one be- fore me. The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, I would have certainly killed you, but I would have spared her." Balaam said to the angel of the LORD,"I have sinned. I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now, if you are displeased, I will go back." The angel of the LORD said to Balaam,"Go, with the men, but speak only what I tell you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. When Balak heard that Bal- aam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Roxanne Lea Dubarry Roxy Lea 1954/October Country July 14, 2024