. The Bible and its . ad spared, and also the Midianites, whohad sheltered Moses in his exile; but they defeated Sihon,king of the Amorites, and Og, the gigantic king of Bashan;and the terror of them spread among all the surroundingnations. In the valleys east of the Jordan there remainedonly one people to oppose them, the Moabites. The king of the Moabites was Balak, a man shrewd aswell as strong. Instead of attacking the Israelites hesought to bring a curse upon them. He sent, therefore,far off into ancient Babylonia where there dwelt a veryfamous prophet, called Balaam. The kings me
. The Bible and its . ad spared, and also the Midianites, whohad sheltered Moses in his exile; but they defeated Sihon,king of the Amorites, and Og, the gigantic king of Bashan;and the terror of them spread among all the surroundingnations. In the valleys east of the Jordan there remainedonly one people to oppose them, the Moabites. The king of the Moabites was Balak, a man shrewd aswell as strong. Instead of attacking the Israelites hesought to bring a curse upon them. He sent, therefore,far off into ancient Babylonia where there dwelt a veryfamous prophet, called Balaam. The kings messengersbegged Balaam to come and curse Israel. Tempted by thehuge reward offered him, Balaam set out, riding upon hisass. God sent His angel to stand in the prophets times the dumb ass saw the angel and turned aside,but Balaam saw not the divine messenger, so beat thepoor ass angrily. At that the brute was given words andrebuked his master, and Balaams eyes were opened tothe mighty wrath which threatened him. 11-86. 33liqo7Cf jimJtS i^f^iiM, gni^ 11 ?n; ;:,: ,.(f! -n-nl-J^ ^lao-io mM ZITTT // tifl ^^i ......., 1^ .?.:.; >u, i^ins palafe plamess tl^e ^ropfjet FROM THE WORK OF THE GERMAN KUNSTANSTALT,EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY. And Balalc said unto Balaam, What hast thou doneunto me?—Num., S3, 11. WHEN the prophet Balaam realized that an angelblocked his path, he humbled himself andwould have turned back; but the angel badehim continue on his way, warning him however that heshould speak only such words of prophecy as God shouldreally put into his mind. This was not at all what Balaamwanted; for at heart he was very covetous of King Balaksgold. He was received by the Moabites. with great wel-come, and was led by the king to the summit of a moun-tain whence he could overlook all Israel in the valleybeneath. Here the prophet bade the Moabites prepareseven altars, and on each he offered burnt sacrifices toheaven. As the flames ascended he opened his mouth
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