Balaam thus set out with two servants to go to Balak, but an Angel tried to prevent him.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

According to Numbers 31: 16 and St. John ( Revelation 2: 14 ), Balaam returned to King Balak and informed the king on how to get the Israelites to curse themselves by enticing them with prostitutes and unclean food sacrificed to idols.

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.

Balak meets with Balaam at Kirjat Huzoth, and they go to the high places of Baal ( Biblical Hebrew: בעל ), and offer sacrifices on seven altars, leading to Balaam being given a prophecy by Yahweh, which he speaks to Balak.

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.

Balaam finally gets taken by a now very frustrated Balak to Peor, and, after the seven sacrifices there, decides not to seek enchantments but instead looks upon the Israelites from the peak.

Balak and Balaam then simply go to their respective homes ... for the moment.

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.

Thus the Elohist describes Balaam constructing giving two blessings, making sacrifices on seven altars, at the high places of Baal, before each, then deciding not to seek enchantments after the third set of sacrifices, but to set his face upon the wilderness, which Balak views as a third blessing, and so Balaam then gives the three final predictions of fate.

Operation Balak allowed arms and other equipment to be transported for the first time by the end of March.

Balak, king of Moab, having heard of the Israelites ' conquests, feared that his territory might be next.

The Torah describes the advent of a messiah in the Torah portion of Balak, couched in poetic prophetic prose: " I see him, but not now.

Midrash haNe ` elam is located within the body of the Zohar ( parashat Vayera, Chayei Sarah, Toldot ) and the Zohar Chadash ( pp. 2b-30b ; 46b-47b ( in the Zohar Chadash edition by Rav Reuven Margoliot ), and in parashat Balak, Ki Teitze, and the entire Zohar Chadash on Shir haShirim, Ruth, and Eikah.

On chumash Bamidbar: Chukat, Balak, Matot.

Balaam then looked on the Kenites, and Amalekites and offered two more predictions of fate.

Balaam then looks upon the Kenites, and Amalekites and offers two more predictions of fate.

The story of Balaam and the ass, then follows at length.

If Beor and Peor are one and the same, then son of Beor merely identifies Balaam as being a prophet of Baal Peor.

If this reflects the god that El refers to in the biblical text concerning Balaam, and the connection between Balaam and Baal Peor is accurate, then Baal Peor can be identified as Shamash.

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.

Balaam immediately repented, but is told to go on.

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 immediately repents, but is told to go on.

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.

" Ahitophel of the house of Israel and Balaam of the heathen nations were the two great sages of the world who, failing to show gratitude to God for their wisdom, perished in dishonor.

" Ahitophel of the house of Israel and Balaam of the heathen nations were the two great sages of the world who, failing to show gratitude to God for their wisdom, perished in dishonor.

Having finished his sacrifices, Balaam views the Israelites on the plain below, and although hired to curse them, pronounces a blessing over them, prophesying their blessed nature and destruction of Moab.

The Kenites journeyed with the Israelites to Canaan (); and their encampment, apart from the latter's, was noticed by Balaam.

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.

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.

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.

Building another seven altars here, and making sacrifices on each, Balaam provided another prophecy blessing Israel.

The spirit of God came upon Balaam and he delivered a third positive prophecy concerning Israel.

Balak's anger rose to the point where he threatened Balaam, but Balaam merely offered a prediction of fate.

The Israelites killed Balaam, and the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba.

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.