Num 23:25
¶ And Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all.”
Num 23:26
But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the LORD says, that I must do’?”
Num 23:27
And Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
Num 23:28
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.
Num 23:29
And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
Num 23:30
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
What does Balak command Balaam not to do?
“Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all” (Num 23:25).
What is Balaam’s answer?
“Did I not tell you, ‘All that the LORD says, that I must do?’” (Num 23:26)
What does Balaam say that he must do?
“All that the LORD says” (Num 23:26)
How does Balak respond to Balaam?
“Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there” (Num 23:27)
Why does Balak invite Balaam to come to another place?
“Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there” (Num 23:27)
What are the people of Israel doing?
Camping tribe by tribe (Num 24:2)
Why did God previously refuse to allow Balaam to go with Balak’s messengers?
“You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed” (Num 22:12)
Num 24:1
¶ When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.
Num 24:2
And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe. And the Spirit of God came upon him,
Num 24:3
and he took up his discourse and said,
“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
Num 24:4
the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
falling down with his eyes uncovered:
Num 24:5
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,
your encampments, O Israel!
Num 24:6
Like palm groves that stretch afar,
like gardens beside a river,
like aloes that the LORD has planted,
like cedar trees beside the waters.
Num 24:7
Water shall flow from his buckets,
and his seed shall be in many waters;
his king shall be higher than Agag,
and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Num 24:8
God brings him out of Egypt
and is for him like the horns of the wild ox;
he shall eat up the nations, his adversaries,
and shall break their bones in pieces
and pierce them through with his arrows.
Num 24:9
He crouched, he lay down like a lion
and like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
Blessed are those who bless you,
and cursed are those who curse you.”
What did Balaam see that pleased the LORD?
To bless Israel (Num 24:1)
What did Balaam not look for? Omens (Num 24:1)
Towards what did Balaam set his face?
The wilderness (Num 24:1)
What did Balaam see when he lifted his eyes?
Israel camping tribe by tribe (Num 24:2)
What came upon Balaam?
The Spirit of God (Num 24:2)
What did Balaam do when the Spirit of God came upon him?
He took up his discourse (Num 24:3)
How is Balaam described?
“The son of Beor” (Num 24:3) “The man whose eye is opened” (Num 24:3)
“Him who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered” (Num 24:4)
What does Balaam hear?
“The words of God” (Num 24:4)
What does Balaam see?
The vision of the Almighty (Num 24:4)
How does Balaam’s respond to what he hears and sees?
“falling down with his eyes uncovered” (Num 24:4)
Why does Jesus speak to the Jews in parables during his ministry on earth?
“This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: ‘”You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.”’ For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’” (Matt 13:13-15).
How does Jesus describe the people to whom he spoke in parables in Matt 13:13?
“Seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand “
What precedes Jesus’ healing?
“see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn” (Matt 13:15)
What verbs are used to describe the actions of those whom Jesus heals?
See, hear, understand and turn (Matt 13:15)
How did Saul respond to seeing and hearing Jesus on the road to Damascus?
“At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—to whom I am sending you to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’” (Acts 26:13-18).
Why did Jesus send Saul/Paul?
“To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place amongst those who are sanctified by faith in me” (Acts 26:18).
How are those who receive forgiveness of sins sanctified?
By faith in Jesus (Acts 26:18)
What did Balaam describe as lovely?
“Your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel” (Num 24:5)
How does Balaam describe Jacob’s tents and Israel’s encampments?
“Like palm groves that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the Lord has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters” (Num 24:6)
What shall flow from his buckets?
Water (Num 24:7)
What did Jesus promise to those who drink of the water that He will give?
“But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:14).
What will flow out of the heart of whoever believes in Jesus?
“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water’” (John 7:38).
What shall be in many waters?
His seed (Num 24:7)
Who became flesh and dwelt in the world?
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14)
How does Peter describe those who have been born again?
“Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God” (1 Pet 1:23)
What does Jesus teach his disciples about abiding in John 15:3-5?
“Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
What abides in those who have been born of God?
“No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God” (1 John 3:9).
To what does Jesus compare the kingdom of heaven?
“He put another parable before them, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds if the air come and make nests in its branches.’ He told them another parable. ‘The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened” (Matt 13:31-33).
Who does Jesus say sows the good seed and who is the good seed?
“He answered, ‘The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age and the reapers are angels” (Matt 13:37-39).
What does Balaam say shall be higher than Agag?
His king (Num 24:7)
What is revealed about Jesus in Heb 1:1-4?
“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.”
How is Jesus described in Col 1:15-20?
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.”
How is Jesus described in Rev 17:14?
“They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”
What name is written on the robe and throne of Jesus in Rev 19:16?
“On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.”
What does Balaam say shall be exalted?
His kingdom (24:7)
Who will descend from heaven to exalt all who believe that Jesus died and rose again?
“For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord” (1 Thess 4:16-17).
Who does Balaam say that God brought out of Egypt?
Him (third person masculine singular pronoun) (Num 24:8)
From where did God call His Son?
“And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, ‘Out of Egypt I called my son” (Matt 2:14-15).
Who saved a people out of the land of Egypt?
“The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it” (Acts 13:17).
“Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe” (Jude 5).
When Jesus came into the world, who did not know him and who did not receive him?
“He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him” (John 1:10-11).
To all who did receive Jesus, who believed in his name, what right did Jesus give?
“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:12-13)
What is God for him?
Like the horns of the wild ox (Num 24:8)
What shall he eat up?
The nations, his adversaries (Num 24:8)
What shall he break?
Their bones in pieces (Num 24:8)
With what shall he pierce them through?
His arrows (Num 24:8)
How is he described in Num 24:9?
“He crouched, he lay down like a lion and like a lioness” (Num 24:9)
What question is asked in Num 24:9?
“Who will rouse him up?”
Who is blessed?
"Those who bless you (Num 24:9)
Who are cursed?
"Those who curse you” (Num 24:9)
Which promise in the Abrahamic Covenant is reiterated in Num 24:9?
“I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse” (Gen 12:3)
What blessing does the tribe of Judah receive in Gen 49:9-12?
“Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Binding his foal to the vine and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes. His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.”
And Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
Num 23:28
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.
Num 23:29
And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
Num 23:30
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
What does Balak command Balaam not to do?
“Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all” (Num 23:25).
What is Balaam’s answer?
“Did I not tell you, ‘All that the LORD says, that I must do?’” (Num 23:26)
What does Balaam say that he must do?
“All that the LORD says” (Num 23:26)
How does Balak respond to Balaam?
“Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there” (Num 23:27)
Why does Balak invite Balaam to come to another place?
“Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there” (Num 23:27)
What are the people of Israel doing?
Camping tribe by tribe (Num 24:2)
Why did God previously refuse to allow Balaam to go with Balak’s messengers?
“You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed” (Num 22:12)
Num 24:1
¶ When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.
Num 24:2
And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe. And the Spirit of God came upon him,
Num 24:3
and he took up his discourse and said,
“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
Num 24:4
the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
falling down with his eyes uncovered:
Num 24:5
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,
your encampments, O Israel!
Num 24:6
Like palm groves that stretch afar,
like gardens beside a river,
like aloes that the LORD has planted,
like cedar trees beside the waters.
Num 24:7
Water shall flow from his buckets,
and his seed shall be in many waters;
his king shall be higher than Agag,
and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Num 24:8
God brings him out of Egypt
and is for him like the horns of the wild ox;
he shall eat up the nations, his adversaries,
and shall break their bones in pieces
and pierce them through with his arrows.
Num 24:9
He crouched, he lay down like a lion
and like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
Blessed are those who bless you,
and cursed are those who curse you.”
What did Balaam see that pleased the LORD?
To bless Israel (Num 24:1)
What did Balaam not look for? Omens (Num 24:1)
Towards what did Balaam set his face?
The wilderness (Num 24:1)
What did Balaam see when he lifted his eyes?
Israel camping tribe by tribe (Num 24:2)
What came upon Balaam?
The Spirit of God (Num 24:2)
What did Balaam do when the Spirit of God came upon him?
He took up his discourse (Num 24:3)
How is Balaam described?
“The son of Beor” (Num 24:3) “The man whose eye is opened” (Num 24:3)
“Him who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered” (Num 24:4)
What does Balaam hear?
“The words of God” (Num 24:4)
What does Balaam see?
The vision of the Almighty (Num 24:4)
How does Balaam’s respond to what he hears and sees?
“falling down with his eyes uncovered” (Num 24:4)
Why does Jesus speak to the Jews in parables during his ministry on earth?
“This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: ‘”You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.”’ For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’” (Matt 13:13-15).
How does Jesus describe the people to whom he spoke in parables in Matt 13:13?
“Seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand “
What precedes Jesus’ healing?
“see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn” (Matt 13:15)
What verbs are used to describe the actions of those whom Jesus heals?
See, hear, understand and turn (Matt 13:15)
How did Saul respond to seeing and hearing Jesus on the road to Damascus?
“At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—to whom I am sending you to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’” (Acts 26:13-18).
Why did Jesus send Saul/Paul?
“To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place amongst those who are sanctified by faith in me” (Acts 26:18).
How are those who receive forgiveness of sins sanctified?
By faith in Jesus (Acts 26:18)
What did Balaam describe as lovely?
“Your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel” (Num 24:5)
How does Balaam describe Jacob’s tents and Israel’s encampments?
“Like palm groves that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the Lord has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters” (Num 24:6)
What shall flow from his buckets?
Water (Num 24:7)
What did Jesus promise to those who drink of the water that He will give?
“But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:14).
What will flow out of the heart of whoever believes in Jesus?
“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water’” (John 7:38).
What shall be in many waters?
His seed (Num 24:7)
Who became flesh and dwelt in the world?
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14)
How does Peter describe those who have been born again?
“Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God” (1 Pet 1:23)
What does Jesus teach his disciples about abiding in John 15:3-5?
“Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
What abides in those who have been born of God?
“No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God” (1 John 3:9).
To what does Jesus compare the kingdom of heaven?
“He put another parable before them, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds if the air come and make nests in its branches.’ He told them another parable. ‘The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened” (Matt 13:31-33).
Who does Jesus say sows the good seed and who is the good seed?
“He answered, ‘The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age and the reapers are angels” (Matt 13:37-39).
What does Balaam say shall be higher than Agag?
His king (Num 24:7)
What is revealed about Jesus in Heb 1:1-4?
“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.”
How is Jesus described in Col 1:15-20?
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.”
How is Jesus described in Rev 17:14?
“They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”
What name is written on the robe and throne of Jesus in Rev 19:16?
“On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.”
What does Balaam say shall be exalted?
His kingdom (24:7)
Who will descend from heaven to exalt all who believe that Jesus died and rose again?
“For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord” (1 Thess 4:16-17).
Who does Balaam say that God brought out of Egypt?
Him (third person masculine singular pronoun) (Num 24:8)
From where did God call His Son?
“And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, ‘Out of Egypt I called my son” (Matt 2:14-15).
Who saved a people out of the land of Egypt?
“The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it” (Acts 13:17).
“Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe” (Jude 5).
When Jesus came into the world, who did not know him and who did not receive him?
“He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him” (John 1:10-11).
To all who did receive Jesus, who believed in his name, what right did Jesus give?
“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:12-13)
What is God for him?
Like the horns of the wild ox (Num 24:8)
What shall he eat up?
The nations, his adversaries (Num 24:8)
What shall he break?
Their bones in pieces (Num 24:8)
With what shall he pierce them through?
His arrows (Num 24:8)
How is he described in Num 24:9?
“He crouched, he lay down like a lion and like a lioness” (Num 24:9)
What question is asked in Num 24:9?
“Who will rouse him up?”
Who is blessed?
"Those who bless you (Num 24:9)
Who are cursed?
"Those who curse you” (Num 24:9)
Which promise in the Abrahamic Covenant is reiterated in Num 24:9?
“I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse” (Gen 12:3)
What blessing does the tribe of Judah receive in Gen 49:9-12?
“Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Binding his foal to the vine and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes. His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.”
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