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TWOT Reference: 251b
Balaam = "not of the people"
the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy
a town in Manasseh
Ιεβλααμ = םָעְלְבִי (which see) Joshua 17:11 + 2 times; modern Bel`ame, 6 hours north of Nâblus, BdPal 228, so Surveyii. 47.
Strong's Number H1109 matches the Hebrew בִּלְעָם (bilʿām),
which occurs 61 times in 57 verses
in the WLC Hebrew.
Page 1 / 2 (Num 22:5–Deu 23:4)
The elders of Moab and Midian departed with fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and reported Balak’s words to him.
He said to them, “Spend the night here, and I will give you the answer the LORD tells me.” So the officials of Moab stayed with Balaam.
Then God said to Balaam, “You are not to go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s officials, “Go back to your land, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
The officials of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and reported, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
They came to Balaam and said to him, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Let nothing keep you from coming to me,
But Balaam responded to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the command of the LORD my God to do anything small or great.
God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
When he got up in the morning, Balaam saddled his donkey and went with the officials of Moab.
When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing on the path with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into the field. So Balaam hit her to return her to the path.
The donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, squeezing Balaam’s foot against it. So he hit her once again.
When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she crouched down under Balaam. So he became furious and beat the donkey with his stick.
Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she asked Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times? ”
Balaam answered the donkey, “You made me look like a fool. If I had a sword in my hand, I’d kill you now! ”
But the donkey said, “Am I not the donkey you’ve ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before? ”
“No,” he replied.
Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the path with a drawn sword in his hand. Balaam knelt low and bowed in worship on his face.
Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the path to confront me. And now, if it is evil in your sight, I will go back.”
Then the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to say only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with Balak’s officials.
When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city[fn] on the Arnon border at the edge of his territory.
Balak asked Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you? ”
Balaam said to him, “Look, I have come to you, but can I say anything I want? I must speak only the message God puts in my mouth.”
Balak sacrificed cattle, sheep, and goats and sent for Balaam and the officials who were with him.
In the morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him to Bamoth-baal.[fn] From there he saw the outskirts of the people’s camp.
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone. Maybe the LORD will meet with me. I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” So he went to a barren hill.
God met with him and Balaam said to him, “I have arranged seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”
Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”
“What have you done to me? ” Balak asked Balaam. “I brought you to curse my enemies, but look, you have only blessed them! ”
The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then he said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”
Again Balak said to Balaam, “Please come. I will take you to another place. Maybe it will be agreeable to God that you can put a curse on them for me there.”
Balaam told Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
Since Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go to seek omens as on previous occasions, but turned[fn] toward the wilderness.
When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him,
and he proclaimed his poem:
The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened,
Then Balak became furious with Balaam, struck his hands together, and said to him, “I summoned you to put a curse on my enemies, but instead, you have blessed them these three times.
Then he proclaimed his poem:
The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened;
Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings — Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
“Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam’s advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the LORD in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the LORD’s community.
1. Num 22:5–Deu 23:4
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