Hey Bible Readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Yesterday, Bailim and his donkey arrived on their journey to meet with Balak, King of Moab.

It was an ancient belief in the Canaanite culture that you could speak things into existence. So Belock hired

Balham to curse the Israelites because he was afraid they would defeat him and

take the land of Moab. But at their first stop, God gives

Balham a word to speak about Israel, and much to Bilox's

dismay, it's a blessing.

In 23-9, Bailim references Israel's set apartness, calling them a people dwelling alone and not counting itself among the nations.

Balak doesn't like the sound of this, so he says, let's take a look at them from a different

angle. Maybe you'll see something worth cursing then. But the same

thing happens, Balim can only pronounce blessing. In 2320, he says his words don't have power to

undo what God has done. Our words may have an impact, but they can't

overrule the plan of God. Nothing is weightier than his will. And not only does

Bailim know that now, but in 24-1 we also see that through this experience,

he abandons the sorcery he has relied on and learns to seek God's face instead.

But it's only temporary. But for now, the spirit of God was empowering His words, not evil spirits.

But the lock is still not satisfied, of course, and he's like,

third time's a charm. let's go do this again

but how about this time you don't say anything good or bad he's really grasping at

straws here but again bailum has nothing but good words, and in fact, words that are terrifying to Biloc, because they go against everything he was hoping to hear.

He says, he shall eat up the nations, his adversaries, and break their bones in pieces.

Yikes.

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