About Balaam
What was Balaam's occupation?
A Diviner or Prophet for Hire.
What is the land where Balak ruled?
Moab
What did Balaam do when his donkey stopped moving?
He beat the donkey.
What animals did Balaam instruct Balak to offer as sacrifices?
Bulls and Rams.
What type of sin did the Israelites commit that was influenced by Balaam’s counsel?
Idolatry and sexual immorality.
What is the name of the city that Balaam live?
Pethor in Mesopotamia
How did Balaam initially respond to Balak's request?
He said he would seek the Lord's will first.
What did Balaam threaten to do the donkey after it crushed his foot?
Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.”
How many altars in all did Balaam instruct Balak to build?
A total of 21 altars (7 each on 3 occassions).
What was the divine punishment enacted on the Israelites for following Balaam's suggestion with Moab?
A plague that resulted in the death of 24,000 people.
What is the name of Balaam's father?
Beor
What did the elders of Moab offer Balaam to entice him?
What are rewards or riches?
What are the names of the two animals that spoke in the bible?
The serpent and the donkey.
What did the Lord say to Balak in Balaam's 2nd message about his desire to change blessing to curses?
God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind.
What idol/false god did the Israelites who died in the plague get yoked to?
The Baal of Poer.
What is the name of the river that Balaam live close to?
The Euphrates river.
What did the Lord instruct Balaam to do and why on the first visit from the Midianites officials?
The Lord Instructed Balaam...“Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.”
What was the reason why the Angel of the Lord come up against Balaam?
Because Balaam's way was perverse before the Lord.
From what 3rd Balaam's message, what will happen to those who bless Gods people and what will happen to those that curse them?
The message declares...“May those who bless you be blessed and those who curse you be cursed!”
In whose company did the Israelites find Balaam when the Lord instructed them to seek vengeance?
The Midianites
What is the meaning of Balaam's name?
"not of the people", "mad man", "corrupter of the people", "swallower of people" "cursing the people" or "devourer".
What did the Lord instruct Balaam to do on the second visit from the Midianites officials?
The Lord instructed Balaam "Go with them but only do what I tell you."
What did the Angel of the Lord instruct Balaam to do?
Only what the Lord instructs him to say.
Complete the Messianic prophesy:
"A star will come out of______, a sceptor will rise out of_____."
"A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel."
How did Balaam meet his death?
By the Sword.