Or should we understand that God was not controlling Balaam? He realized at first that he should not curse the Israelites, but then changed his mind? Many Bible commentators accepted the literal ...

In addition, both leaders rely on sorcerers – in the case of Pharaoh, the chartumim (magicians); in the case of Balak, the heathen prophet Balaam – to achieve their horrific goal. And in ...

Once upon a time, in the days when men were still men and lizards walked in twos, there was a materialistic, covetous fellow called Balaam, for whom the word ‘enough’ didn’t exist at all.