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Bible study · Numbers 22:1-41

Numbers 22: The donkey saw

Read Numbers 22:1-41 before you meet.

In a few lines

Balak paid for a curse, but God had already said of Israel, "they are blessed" (22:12). On the road the donkey saw the LORD's angel three times before Balaam did, and the angel stood there "as an adversary", in Hebrew le-satan, the word's first use in the Hebrew Bible (22:22). Balaam arrived with one line: "I will speak the word that God puts in my mouth" (22:38).

The verse to carry

“God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.””

Numbers 22:12

To talk about

  1. 1. God told Balaam no, with a reason (22:12), and Balaam asked again to "know what else the LORD will speak to me" (22:19). When have you kept asking God about something you already had an answer on, and why?

  2. 2. The donkey turned aside three times, and Balaam struck her each time, not knowing what she saw (22:23-27, 22:31). When has something that blocked your way turned out to be protecting you?

  3. 3. Balak offered honor (22:17), and Balaam said, "I will speak the word that God puts in my mouth" (22:38). Where are you tempted to say what pays, or pleases, instead of what is true?

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