Edom

Moab

Ammon

Inscription describing Balaam found in Deir Alla, Jordan (25 miles north of Plains of Moab) in 1967 dating between 700-800 BC

Mesopotamian methods of divination • Extispicy ~ divination

using animal entrails • Lecanomancy ~ divination by dripping oil in basin of water• Oneiromancy ~ divination through dream interpretation

Jude ~ 11Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.“The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.” – Marcus Aurelius

2 Pet. 2 ~ 15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness…To win over certain people to something, it is only necessary to give it a gloss of love of humanity, nobi-lity, gentleness, self-sacrifice—and there is nothing you cannot get them to swallow. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Put God to work for you and maximize your potential in our divinely ordered capitalist system. – Norman Vincent Peale

Oracle ~ mashal – usually translated proverb or parable

Wild ox ~ KJV, unicorn

Moses &

AaronKohathites

Gersho-

nites

Merarites

JudahIssachar

Reuben

Zebulun

Gad Simeon

Ephraim

Benjamin

Manasseh

DanAsh

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186,400 151,4

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108,100

157,600

Moab

Mt. Peor

Jer. 45 ~ 5 do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them…