Today is the 15th day of March.

Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible.

I am Brian, it is great to be here with you today as we gather together and take the next

step forward together.

And we have been working our way through the book of Numbers and we have just begun to encounter

a story between the King of Moab, his name is Baylac, and a person who speaks to God,

who hears from God, but is also known to have the ability to bless and curse things, and

Baylac summons Baylam to curse God's people, the children of Israel, because they are

more powerful than Moab, and they are making Moab very nervous.

So Baylam inquired of the Lord and the Lord told him not to go, and so he sent the emissaries

away, and they sent another group to him.

He got to come, he got to come curse these people.

And so he goes back to the Lord who tells him that he can go with these people, the next

batch of people, but he can only do what he is told to do.

And that is where we pick up the story.

Numbers chapter 22 verse 21 through 23 verse 30 today.

So Baylam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the officials of Moab

God's anger was kindled, because he was going, and the angel of the Lord took his stand

in the road as his adversary.

And he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him.

The donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand,

so the donkey turned off the road and went into the field, and Baylam struck the donkey

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