OT Characters: Balaam

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For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/ot17-balaammp3/">website</a>.Hebrew words:<ul><li>Bil'am (Balaam in the Greek version) appears 63x in the Bible. The Hebrew Bil'am means "devourer."</li><li>'Athon (female donkey, as in this account). Chamor is a male donkey, while pere'means wild donkey.</li></ul>Further study:<ul><li>Passages the podcast covered or referred to:<ul><li>Numbers 22-24 (many verses); 31:1-8, 16</li><li>Other O.T. books: Deuteronomy 23:4-5; Joshua 13:22, 24:9-10; Nehemiah 13:2; Micah 6:5</li><li>Divination: Leviticus 19:26; Deuteronomy 18:10,14; 1 Samuel 15:23; Galatians 5:20</li><li>Parallel passages: Joshua 5 (opposed by the angel of the Lord), 1 Kings 18 (the altars and sacrifices)</li><li>In the N.T.: 2 Peter 2:15, Jude 11, Revelation 2:14</li></ul></li><li>Advanced<ul><li>Balaam is the prototype of Judas Iscariot. Explore this notion!</li><li>Two eminent and ancient Jewish writers also comment on Balaam: Josephus and Philo.</li><li>Archaeological inscription discovered (1967): At Deir Alla, Jordan, an Aramaic prophecy by Balaam was found, dated to c.800 BC. For more, click <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Alla" target="_blank">here</a>.</li><li>Helpful commentaries on Numbers:<ul><li>Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (for the average reader): volume by Gordon Wenham.</li><li>Word Biblical Commentary (advanced): volume by Philip J. Budd</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>Some things we learn about God:<ul><li>God knows the hearts of all men!</li><li>God sometimes will oppose our path when it is reckless.</li><li>If our hearts are wrong, he may or may not expose us before the end of our lives (or even the end of time).</li></ul>For kids:<ul><li>Read selections from the Balaam cycle (Numbers 22-24) and introduce and assign the main characters:<ul><li>Balaam: "I mus

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