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BALAK, בָּלָק, Balak 

07/10/2025 07:20:47 PM

Jul10

URJ

Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. - Numbers 22:2 

 

Numbers 22:2−25:9 

 

SUMMARY 

- Balak, the king of Moab, persuades the prophet Balaam to curse the Israelites so that he can defeat them and drive them out of the region. However, Balaam blesses the Children of Israel instead and prophesies that Israel's enemies will be defeated. (22:2-24:25) 

 

- God punishes the Israelites with a plague for consorting with the Moabite women and their god. The plague is stayed after Pinchas kills an Israelite man and his Midianite woman. (25:1-9) 

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