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A pagan prophet is hired to curse Israel, but God won't let him — and his donkey sees an angel before he does.
Balak, king of Moab, is terrified of Israel and hires the prophet Balaam to curse them. On the way, Balaam's donkey sees the angel of the Lord blocking the road and refuses to move. When God opens the donkey's mouth and it speaks, Balaam finally sees the angel too. He goes to Balak but can only speak blessings over Israel — four oracles in a row — because God overrides every attempt at a curse.
A terrified king hires a famous prophet to curse Israel, but God has other plans. What follows involves two rejected delegations, an angel with a drawn sword, and the most unlikely spokesperson in all of Scripture — a donkey who can see what her rider can't.
NumbersThe Prophet Who Couldn't Stop BlessingA pagan king hires a professional prophet to curse Israel — and three times in a row, the curse comes out as a blessing. What unfolds is an almost comical standoff between a desperate king, a powerless prophet, and a God whose word isn't up for negotiation.
NumbersThe Prophet Who Couldn't Stop BlessingBalaam was hired to curse Israel — and for the third time, he can't do it. Instead, the Spirit of God takes over and he delivers blessings so beautiful they read like poetry, gets fired by a furious king, and then drops a prophecy about a coming ruler that echoes all the way to Bethlehem.
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