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Balaam and had
St. John, while prophesying from the isle of Patmos, had this to say of Balaam: " There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.
" ( Revelation 2: 14 ) Evidently, Balaam returned to King Balak and explained how he was unable to curse the Israelites due to God having control of his tongue, but instead explained to the king on how he could get the Israelites to curse themselves, thereby removing the protection God had on them.
" It was this incident that made Balaam so evil in the eyes of some Jews and Israelis ; specifically, St. Jude claimed that the way of Balaam was an error and the same as murdering one's brother, as Cain had done ( Jude 1: 11 ).
According to Jewish legend, Balaam was made this powerful in order to prevent the non-Jewish tribes from saying: " If we had only had our own Moses, we would be as pious as the Jews.
The Muslim commentators explain that Balaam was a Canaanite who had been given knowledge of some of the books of God.
Later in the Bible, within the account of the war against the Midianites, Balaam is described as being amongst those killed for committing the heresy of Peor, implying that Balaam was one of those who had joined themselves to Baal Peor.
Because they had " caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam ," to sin against the Lord and had sent a plague into the congregation of Israelites, Moses decreed that every male child and non-virginal woman be killed ( since it was the Midianite women who led the Israelite men into sexual sin ).
Only exceptionally did non-Jewish people prophets like Balaam attain prophetic powers, and at best they had only prophetic dreams ( Midrash Leviticus Rabbah i. 12-13 ).

Balaam and knowledge
The curse fell automatically, and Moses, having learned whence it came, entreated God to take from Balaam his knowledge of the Name and his faith.

Balaam and Most
According to another story which al-Tabari gives, Balaam was a renegade Israelite who knew the Most Sacred Name and, to gain the things of this world, went over to the Canaanites.
Another version is that Balak, the king of Bal ' a, compelled Balaam to use the Most Sacred Name against Israel.

Balaam and God
Balaam sent back word that he could only do what God commands, and God has, via a dream, told him not to go.
Moab consequently sent higher ranking priests and offers Balaam honours, and so God tells Balaam to go with them.
Balak met with Balaam at Kirjath-huzoth, and they went to the high places of Baal, and offered sacrifices at seven altars, leading to Balaam being given a prophecy by God, which Balaam relates to Balak.
The spirit of God came upon Balaam and he delivered a third positive prophecy concerning Israel.
The story of Balaam in Numbers 22, describes a non-Jewish prophet who honors God and refuses to curse Israel and who is generally presented favorably.
Balaam refused to speak what God didn't speak and would not curse the Israelites, even though King Balak of Moab offered him money to do so.
Balaam sends back word that he can only do what YHWH commands, and God has, via a nocturnal dream, told him not to go.
Moab consequently sends higher ranking priests and offers Balaam honours ; Balaam, in his coveteousness, continues to press God, and God finally gives him over to his greed and permits him to go but with instructions to say only what he commands.
Balaam thus, without being asked again, sets out in the morning with the princes of Moab and God becomes angry that he went, and the Angel of the Lord ( Numbers 22: 22 ) is sent to prevent him.
The Spirit of God comes upon Balaam and he delivers a third positive prophecy concerning Israel.
With God's protection taken from him, Balaam is later listed amongst the Midianites who were killed in revenge for the " matter of Peor ", which is where Balaam showed King Balak how to trap the Israelites so that God might destroy them.
Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open ...
Conversely, in the Jahwist source, Balaam arrives, the spirit of God comes upon him, and he simply delivers a blessing and a prophecy, in succession.
According to a negative view of Balaam in the Talmud, Balaam possessed the gift of being able to ascertain the exact moment during which God is wroth — a gift bestowed upon no other creature.

Balaam and was
At this point, Balaam was allowed to see the angel, who informed him that the ass is the only reason the Angel did not kill Balaam.
Balaam was finally taken by a now very frustrated Balak to Peor, and, after the seven sacrifices there, decided not to seek enchantments but instead looked on the Israelites from the peak.
In this literature, Balaam gradually acquired a position among the non-Jews, which was exalted as much as that of Moses among the Jews ( Midrash Numbers Rabbah 20 ); at first being a mere interpreter of dreams, but later becoming a magician, until finally the spirit of prophecy descended upon him ( ib.
The Talmud also recounts a more positive view of Balaam, stating that when the Law was given to Israel, a mighty voice shook the foundations of the earth, so much so that all kings trembled, and in their consternation turned to Balaam, inquiring whether this upheaval of nature portended a second deluge ; the prophet assured them that what they heard was the voice of God, giving the sacred law to the Israelites ( Talmud, Zeb.
106b ) that Balaam was in fact Jesus.
Even though God intervenes and makes Balaam deliver blessings instead of curses, it's clear that Balaam was normally a prophet for hire.
Balaam was felt to be very fit as the personification of Zoroaster because not only was Balaam considered a contemporary of Moses, but also as a Monotheist ( albeit non-Israelite ) he was assumed to be able to make true prophesies in the name of the one God Jehovah ( cf.

Balaam and him
Therefore he sent elders of Moab, and of Midian, to Balaam ( apparently a powerful and respected prophet ), son of Beor ( Bible ), to induce him to come and curse the Israelites.
Balaam thus set out with two servants to go to Balak, but an Angel tried to prevent him.
However, the prophecy blesses Israel ; Balak remonstrated, but Balaam reminded him that he can only speak the words put in his mouth, so Balak taook him to another high place at Pisgah, to try again.
Every ancient reference to Balaam considers him a non-Israelite, a prophet, and the son of Beor, though Beor is not so clearly identified.
Balak, king of Moab ( Numbers 22: 2 ), consequently becomes alarmed, and sends elders of Midian and his messengers ( Numbers 22: 4-5 ), to Balaam, son of Beor, to induce him to come and curse Israel.
At this point, Balaam is allowed to see the angel, who informs him that the donkey is the only reason the angel did not kill Balaam.
However, the prophecy blesses Israel ; Balak remonstrates, but Balaam reminds him that he can only speak the words put in his mouth, so Balak takes him to another high place at Pisgah, to try again.
While St. Peter claimed that Balaam loved the wages of wickedness, which caused him to wander from the straight path ( 2 Peter 2: 15 ).

Balaam and .
At first the Angel is seen only by the ass Balaam is riding.
After Balaam started to punish the ass for refusing to move, it is miraculously given the power to speak to Balaam, and it complains about Balaam's treatment.
Balaam immediately repented, but is told to go on.
Building another seven altars here, and making sacrifices on each, Balaam provided another prophecy blessing Israel.
Balak's anger rose to the point where he threatened Balaam, but Balaam merely offered a prediction of fate.
Balaam then looked on the Kenites, and Amalekites and offered two more predictions of fate.
Balak and Balaam then go to their respective homes.
Later, Balaam informed Balak and the Midianites that, if they wished to overcome the Israelites for a short interval, they needed to seduce the Israelites to engage in idolatry.
The Israelites killed Balaam, and the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba.

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