Jude 1:11
Woe to them!
For they have gone the way of Cain,
and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam,
and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

The account of Balaam is really interesting…and longer than most.

Take your time over the next few days.
Let’s read it…

Num 22:1-6

Then the sons of Israel journeyed,
and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho.

Now Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

So Moab was in great fear because of the people, for they were numerous;
and Moab was in dread of the sons of Israel.

Moab said to the elders of Midian,
“Now this horde will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.”
And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

So he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, at Pethor,
which is near the River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying,
“Behold, a people came out of Egypt;
behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.

“Now, therefore, please come, curse this people for me since they are too mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

We meet the two main characters of the story:

Balak

• the son of Zippor
• King of Moab
• Terrified of the people of the Lord who were now camped in the plains of Moab
• Filled with dread and fear
• Sent for Balaam to come and curse the people
• Believed that who Balaam cursed was cursed, who he blessed was blessed.

• Son of Beer
• At Pethor…near the River…the Euphrates

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