Balak, בָּלָק — 10/17/26

Torah: Numbers 22:39 - 23:12 (15)

Gospel: Luke 21:20-28 (9)

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Torah — Numbers 22:39 - 23:12

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Numbers 22:39 - 23:12

22:39 Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-Huzoth.
22:40 And Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he sent them to Balaam and to the princes who were with him.
22:41 And it happened, in the morning Balak took Balaam and took him up to Bamoth-Baal, and he saw from there the end of the nation.
23:1 Balaam’s Oracles Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me this: seven altars. And prepare for me this: seven bulls and seven rams.”
23:2 And Balak did just as Balaam spoke, and Balak offered Balaam a bull and a ram on the altar.
23:3 And Balaam said to Balak, “Station yourself at your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell to you.” So he went to a barren height.
23:4 And God met with Balaam, and he said to him, “I have arranged seven altars, and I have offered a bull and a ram on the altar.”
23:5 Yahweh put a word in the mouth of Balaam and said, “Return to Balak, and you must speak thus.”
23:6 So he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab.
23:7 And he lifted up his oracle and said, “From Aram Balak lead me, from the mountains of the east the king of Moab, ‘Go for me, curse Jacob, and go, denounce Israel.’
23:8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed, and how can I denounce whom Yahweh has not denounced?
23:9 Because from the top of the rocks I see him, from hilltops I watch him. Behold, a people who dwell alone, they do not consider themselves among the nations.
23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, or as a number the fourth part of Israel? Let my life die the death of an upright person, and let my end be like his!”
23:11 And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have surely blessed them!”
23:12 He answered and said, “Should I not speak what Yahweh puts in my mouth?”

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Gospel — Luke 21:20-28

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Luke 21:20-28

21:20 The Desolation of Jerusalem “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.
21:21 Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside it must depart, and those in the fields must not enter into it,
21:22 because these are days of vengeance, so that all the things that are written can be fulfilled.
21:23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people,
21:24 and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
21:25 The Arrival of the Son of Man “And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity from the noise of the sea and its surging,
21:26 people fainting from fear and expectation of what is coming on the inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
21:27 And then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.
21:28 But when these things begin to happen, stand up straight and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!”

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