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Question

Stand Balak and Balaam, these two names or characters... their story and what it means. Please use as much detail as you need to explain this fully ... Please help me to understand. Thanks.

Answer 1

Oh, that is my favorite Bible story! I had to do it for my Bible story at my school (my school's Christian). So it all starts out when Moses takes all the Israelites past Moab. They camp there and Balak, the king, is afraid because he thinks they are there to start a war and take over Moab. There's a man named Balaam, that can bless and curse people because he was given that ability from God. So Balak sends his messengers (they were princes and elders, so they were dressed really nicely) to Balaam with a letter from him. In the letter he told him if he went, he would give him riches. They get there and hand the letter to Balaam. It asked him if he would curse the Isarelites because he was afraid of them. Balaam told the messengers to stay the night so that he could pray and ask God what he wanted him to do. So he prayed, and God told him not to go because the Israelites were God's chosen people. So Balaam told the messengers the next day that he couldn't go because God told him no. So the messengers left and told Balak what he said. Balak tried again, but this time he sent richer and more famous messengers, with the same note. Balaam went and prayed again when they got there and God said, "Since they came to ask again, go with them, but say only what I tell you to say." So Balaam saddled up his donkey and left. But in the Bible it said that God knew Balaams heart, what that meant was that God knew that Balaam was thinking, "Man, I could be rich if I go and curse them!" God was not happy with Balaam, so he sent down an angel to stand in his way. The donkey saw the angel, and went down into a field. Balaam started hitting his donkey, and the donkey finally went back onto the road. The donkey saw it again and it walked where there was a wall, and crushed Balaam's leg! He yelled at the donkey and hit it again. Then the donkey saw the angel again and this time it laid down. Balaam started hitting him again and he yelled at him again! The donkey turned around, looked at him, and started talking to him, "Balaam, why were you hitting me? Have I not been a good donkey to you? I was trying to protect you!" Then the Bible said that Balaam's eyes were opened and he saw the angel. The angel told him to keep going, but to only do what God told him. So Balaam went. He told Balak when he got there to make seven alters and get 7 rams and 7 oxen. He went to pray and God told him to bless the Israelites. So Balaam blessed them and Balak got mad. So basically the story is about obiedience.

Answer 2

Balak was the king of the Moabites. Isrealites from Egypt were making their homes near his kingdom and he did not like it. Balak wanted Balaam to curse the people so that Balak might be able to drive the Isrealites away.

Balaam was a hireling prophet. Which means he wanted to market his gift. When Balak asked for Balaam's help God told Balaam that the Egyptians were blessed and not to curse the people.

Balak kept asking and Balaam finally left to go to them against God's will. While he was on the way there God sent an angel to give Balaam a message. Balaam realized that he sinned, he repented and the angel told him to continue on his way but only say what God would tell him to say.

Balaam went to Balak and told him to build seven altars and to offer on each one a ox and a ram. After Balak did this Balaam blessed Balak's enemies (the Isrealites).

Balak continued to get Balaam to curse the Isrealites, but Balaam knew that it pleased God to have the Isrealites blessed and he would not bend to Balak's will.

I hope that this is helpful to you. You can read the full account in Numbers chapter 22 through chapter 24

Answer 3

Balak and Balaam are often known with the Talking donkey. Balak sent for Balaam to come and curse a certain nation whom God had already declared blessed. Baalam refused to go on three different occasions but Balak persisted and finally got the attention of Baalam.

Balaam on his way to meet Balak was riding upon a donkey who saw the Angel of the Lord and tried to avoid it by going in the opposite way which upset Balaam who in return beat the donkey three times.

The Angel of the Lord then spoke as well as the donkey and asked why the man had beat the donkey and explained that ythe donkey was trying to protect him.

Answer 4

Balaam and Balak
Balaam, son of Beor, was a prophet from Penthor, on the Euphrates River, and Balak, son of Zippor, was a king of Moab.

When Balak realized how many Israelites were camped east of the Jordan River, and how they had conquered the Amorites, he sent messengers to Balaam to come and put a curse of the Israelites, so he could drive them out of his land. Balaam saddled his donkey and started off with the messengers. But God, who had already told Balaam not to curse the Israelites, was angry with Balaam's eager attitude, so he sent an angel to stand in the road to stop him. The donkey could see the angel (Balaam could not) and shied away. After Balaam beat the donkey, the Lord caused the donkey to speak, rebuking Balaam for beating him. God then allowed Balaam to see the angel.

When Balaam realized he had sinned by traveling to Moab, he offered to go back home, but the angel told him to go on to Moab, and to say what the angel told him to say. When Balaam meets Balak, he blesses the Israelites instead of cursing them. Balak went into a rage, but Balaam reminded him that he could not go beyond the Words of god. Balaam then prophesies to Balak on the future destruction of Moab and other surrounding countries, by Israel. Balaam and Balak then return to their homes. Later when Moses and the Israelites fought Sihon and the other Kings of Midian, Balaam was killed in the battle.

Balaam is mentioned in 2 Peter 2:15, and Jude, verse 11, as one who would do wrong for the love of money. In Revelation 2:14, God tells the church in Pergamos that Balaam taught Balak how to ruin the people of Israel, by involving them in sexual sin, and encouraging them to go to idol feasts.

The events of Balaam and Balak are found in the Bible's book called Numbers, chapters 22-24.

Answer 5

OK, remember Sanbalat's name from the Bible, but don't remember why. Balaam was traveling with his sonkey. He was not being nice to the animal. So, an angel helped by allowing the donkey to speak to Balaam. Balaam apologized, and told the angel he was sorry.

Answer 6

Balaam was a false God that the people of God had departed and started to worship. The prophet Elijah stood against the priest of Balaam on the mount and the priest of Balaam tried to call down fire from heaven but couldn't and Elijah called on the true God of Israel and fire came down devoured his altar and sacrifice before all the people and they repented for turning away from the true God and they killed the priest of Balaam. See story in the book of Kings in the BIble.

Answer 7

In trying to understand the bible and it's meaning you can get all different interpretations so I did a little research and found a couple of web sites that list different commentaries about the bible. There are ALOT of them I personally enjoy Stedman's Commentaries in the Blue Letter Bible check this one out also and see what you think.

The latter part of the book, chapters twenty-one through twenty-six, is a remarkable record of protection in spite of failure. Here you find victory over the enemies around, the outward forces of King Arad, Sihon, Og, King of Bashan, and the attempts of Balaam, the false prophet to try to undermine the people of God, which resulted only in greater blessing. All of it is simply saying to us, in the most vivid language God can find, that though we are disobedient, though we are rebellious, though we turn and refuse to go into blessing, though we wander in a wilderness of defeat and despair and barrenness year after year after year---nevertheless, the Holy Spirit will never leave us. Even in the midst of our weakness, he grants us protection from our enemies and deliverance from complete defeat. What a remarkable book.

http://blueletterbible.org/Comm/ray_stedman/adv/adv_num.html Hope this helps.

Answer 8

Here's part of the story...
Numbers 22
Balak Summons Balaam
1 Then the Israelites traveled to the plains of Moab and camped along the Jordan across from Jericho. 2 Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites, 3 and Moab was terrified because there were so many people. Indeed, Moab was filled with dread because of the Israelites. 4 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, 5 sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor, who was at Pethor, near the River, [b] 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. 6 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 country. For I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed." 7 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. 8 "Spend the night here," Balaam said to them, "and I will bring you back the answer the LORD gives me." So the Moabite princes stayed with him. 9 God came to Balaam and asked, "Who are these men with you?" 10 Balaam said to God, "Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message: 11 '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.' " 12 But God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed." 13 The next morning Balaam got up and said to Balak's princes, "Go back to your own country, for the LORD has refused to let me go with you." 14 So the Moabite princes returned to Balak and said, "Balaam refused to come with us." 15 Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first. 16 They came to Balaam and said:
"This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Do not let anything keep you from coming to me, 17 because I will reward you handsomely and do whatever you say. Come and put a curse on these people for me." 18 But Balaam answered them, "Even if Balak gave me his palace filled with silver and gold, I could not do anything great or small to go beyond the command of the LORD my God. 19 Now stay here tonight as the others did, and I will find out what else the LORD will tell me." 20 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
21 Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab. 22 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. 23 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 into a field. Balaam beat her to get her back on the road. 24 Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path between two vineyards, with walls on both sides. 25 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam's foot against it. So he beat her again. 26 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. 27 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat her with his staff. 28 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?" 29 Balaam answered the donkey, "You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now." 30 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. 31 Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown. 32 The angel of the LORD asked him, "Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me. [c] 33 The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared her." 34 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." 35 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. 36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite town on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory. 37 Balak said to Balaam, "Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn't you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you?" 38 "Well, I have come to you now," Balaam replied. "But can I say just anything? I must speak only what God puts in my mouth." 39 Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth. 40 Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and gave some to Balaam and the princes who were with him. 41 The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, and from there he saw part of the people.

Answer 9

I have never heard of anything like that in my whole entire life. Google it.