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Numbers 22:28 (NIV)
Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?”
Numbers 22:2 (NIV)
Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,
Numbers 22:20 (NIV)
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.”
Numbers 22:21 (NIV)
Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite officials.
Numbers 22:22 (NIV)
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.
Numbers 22:23 (NIV)
When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat it to get it back on the road.
Numbers 22:24 (NIV)
Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path through the vineyards, with walls on both sides.
Numbers 22:25 (NIV)
When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord , it pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat the donkey again.
Numbers 22:26 (NIV)
Then 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.
Numbers 22:27 (NIV)
When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord , it lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff.
Numbers 22:29 (NIV)
Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.”
Numbers 22:1 (NIV)
Then the Israelites traveled to the plains of Moab and camped along the Jordan across from Jericho.
Numbers 22:3 (NIV)
and Moab was terrified because there were so many people. Indeed, Moab was filled with dread because of the Israelites.
Numbers 22:4 (NIV)
The Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde is going to lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,
Numbers 22:5 (NIV)
sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor, who was at Pethor, near the Euphrates River, in his native land. Balak said: “A people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
Numbers 22:6 (NIV)
Now come and put a curse on these people, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps then I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”
Numbers 22:7 (NIV)
The elders of Moab and Midian left, taking with them the fee for divination. When they came to Balaam, they told him what Balak had said.
Numbers 22:8 (NIV)
“Spend the night here,” Balaam said to them, “and I will report back to you with the answer the Lord gives me.” So the Moabite officials stayed with him.
Numbers 22:9 (NIV)
God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these men with you?”
Numbers 22:10 (NIV)
Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:
Numbers 22:11 (NIV)
‘A people that has come out of Egypt covers the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps then I will be able to fight them and drive them away.’ ”
Numbers 22:12 (NIV)
But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.”
Numbers 22:13 (NIV)
The next morning Balaam got up and said to Balak’s officials, “Go back to your own country, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
Numbers 22:14 (NIV)
So the Moabite officials returned to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
Numbers 22:15 (NIV)
Then Balak sent other officials, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.