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young lion that doesn't rest until he has eaten well of his prey, and that prey will be nations that can be compared to gazelles , deer and other animals much weaker than the lion. " (Verses 18-24.) Balak stared in shock at the prophet. Balaam was wearing the king's patience to an end. If he hadn't been so desperate for help against Israel, he would have ordered the prophet out of his presence. "If you won't curse the Israelites now," Balak muttered wearil y, "then at least you can refrain from pronouncing a blessing on them! " "Didn't I tell you," Balaam rep lied, "that I would have to speak whatever God would tell me to say?" Balaam should have flatly refused to help Balak, but he didn't. He still hoped he could please Balak, without being punished by God. If Balaam hadn't been afraid of God 's great power, he never would have spoken or acted in such a manner. But he still had a desire for the reward that Balak was willing to give him, if he could only influence God to change His mind. Balak refused to give up what he had set out to do through the prophet. Immediately he suggested that th ey go to Mt . Peor, which was a high point of th e Abarim range . From there all of the camp of Israel could be seen . Balak hop ed that there was a chance that Balaam Salak. King of Moab , hoped to convin ce Salaam that Israel was a dangerous nation that should be destroyed. might break down and pronounce a curse on Israel if he could be convinced that such a large and powerful nation might well move eastward and destroy Balaam's home town. Later, when the Moabite caravan and those with it viewed the Israelites from Mt. Peor, Balak was dismayed to hear Balaam ask for the third time that seven altars shou ld be built for sacrificing animals. Balaam was fearfully aware that invisible angels were listening to all his words and watching everything he did . But he again thought he could influen ce God to let him curse Israel so he could obtain Balak's reward. Balak gave orders to carry out Balaam's wish. <strong>The</strong> Moabite king didn't 127
want to do it, but he was still interested in getting Balaam to curse Israel. (Verses 25-30.) In spite of his hopes to earn favor and fortune from the Moabite king, Balaam realized it would be useless to continue hoping God might curse Israel for Balak. His recent contacts with God made it quite clear that it was impo ssible to tempt God to change His mind. For th is reason, Balaam did not even go to seek another vision as he had pre viously done . As the prophet looked down from Mt . Peor on the Israel ites camped in their orderly manner on the plains of Moab , he was suddenly required by God to speak an other clear and vivid proph ecy to Balak and those about him . Moabites, Midianites and even Bala am 's two servants gat hered around in curiosity as the prophet' s voice rang out from the mountain to p to tell them marvelous things they hadn't expected to hear. "I , Balaam, the son of Beor, have been given underst anding by God in matters I am ab out to relate," Balaam declared. He then went on, to the growing discomfort of most of his aud ience, to speak of Israel and what would happen to that nati on. Israel's Future Unfolded "How fine is the array of colorful tents and taberna cles of Israel on the plain below!" Balaam exclaimed. "T hey are sprea d out as wate r courses from the mountains, as gardens by a river, as sandal trees and cedars of Lebanon growing naturally in rows beside th e streams. "Israel shall have plenty of prosperity. His descend ants shall be uncountable. His king shall have more power than any other king, and the kingd om of Israel shall become the strongest one in the world. God brought this na tion out of Egypt and gave it the st rengt h of the giant wild bull. This peop le will swallow up its enemies after breaking their bones and piercing them with deadly weapons! "Israel is like a great lion that people fear to bot her. Those who bless Israel shall be blessed . Those who curse Israel shall be curse d!" (Numbers 24:1-9.) This was exactly the opposite of wha t the king of Moab hoped to hear. He felt that Balaam had betrayed him , and he violently struck his hands together, an action in those times th at indica ted great anger. "I offered you handsome rewards t o come here to curse my enemies!" Balak shouted as he strode up to Balaam. "Instead, you blessed them! 128
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ThE BiBle STORY Volume II
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Table of Contents Introduction viii
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Chapter Fift y- one THE PROM ISED L
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the newborn infan t knows nothing a
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fill in, for purposes of clarity an
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CHAPTER T HI RT Y-ONE THE TABERNACL
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But there were some who had put off
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tabernacle was finished. It was set
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the laver and dressed in their prie
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Why Animal S a c r ifice s ? Aaron
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Deadly blades of fire shot out of t
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Embarrassed and feeling guilty, the
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paws with toes instead of hoofs. Ca
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The hog is also unfit lor food . ea
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ecognized. It simply lists all diff
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His mind and favors the eati ng of
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announced conflicted with the belie
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then could he approach God in the i
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do, and converted Gentiles shou ld
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The wic ke d wi ll be co nsumed by
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God prom ised Isr ael tha t if th e
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Resentment Leads to Anger There was
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and Zipporah. (Exodus 2:21-22; 3:1;
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CHAPTE R T HIRT Y·SIX ISRAEL BREAK
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did n't want uncl ean persons exist
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Moses went out to the waiti ng prin
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could use their knowledge of the de
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A CRY CHAPTER TH IRTY-SEVEN QUAIL F
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to doubt that manna was anything mo
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carefully picked men had arrived, M
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ground exhausted and ran about the
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ought out of the sky by using th e
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and critical, and that she was atte
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Aaron drew ba ck, horrified to see
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This knowledge came from the Keni t
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Josh ua and Cal eb saw th eir path
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CHA PTE R T HIRTY-N INE SCOUTS REPO
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have high, thick walls behind which
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grass hoppers in their sight. They
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having us slain by giants! Our wive
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CHAPTE R FORT Y MOB ATTACKS MOSES S
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hated. That is one year for every d
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people was moving north. This was t
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Page 98 and 99: People and tents were trampled in t
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Page 106 and 107: forced to promote the principle of
Page 108 and 109: As soon as they entered the sacred
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of calamities. Some, in an effort t
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The walls of Jericho swa yed crazil
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C HAPTE R FIFTY -THREE ONE MAN'S SI
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temptati on, wha t with the great w
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his head. "I was tramping through t
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C HAPTER FIFTY -FOU R CONQUEST OF B
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vanquish the dr ead ed enemy th at
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What was more likely to impress the
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The strangers refu sed to reveal th
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C HA PTE R FIFT Y-F IVE "AND THE SU
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One of the Hivit e c ities that mad
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His altar. You have no choice but t
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came God's answer. "Not one man of
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stones rumbling down from above and
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