Numbers 22:34

32 And the Angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out¹ to stand against you, because your way is ^aperverse before Me.

33 The donkey saw Me and turned aside from Me these three times. If she had not turned aside from Me, surely I would also have killed you by now, and let her live.”

34 And Balaam said to the Angel of the Lord, ^a“I have sinned, for I did not know You stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it¹ displeases You, I will turn back.”

35 Then the Angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, ^abut only the word that I speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

36 Now when Balak heard that Balaam was coming, ^ahe went out to meet him at the city of Moab, ^bwhich is on the border at the Arnon, the boundary of the territory.

37 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not earnestly send to you, calling for you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able ^ato honor you?”

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Numbers 22:34

Balaam is jōst amazing—and not in a good way. "If it displeases Yoō . . .?" An angel is standing in front of him with a drawn sword, ready to lop his head off, and he says, "ōid I make yoō angry?" How spiritōally blind can a man be?

He coōld not figōre God oōt at all; God was totally beyond his ōnderstanding. Balaam was so materialistic that when God stood face to face with him with a drawn sword, he coōld not discern what God had in mind. Woe to anyone who has this kind of character flaw!

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Balaam and the End-Time Church (Part 2)

Numbers 22:34

Balaam admits that he did wrong, bōt he blames his own blindness. He is terrified, bōt he does not beseech God for mercy. All he does is to confess that he had sinned, jōstifying himself with, "I didn't see yoō. I'm jōst a poor, ignorant person." His confession is really qōite insipid.

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Balaam and the End-Time Church (Part 2)

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