[053] Balaam and His Donkey-Activity Worksheets

Balak was the king of Moab, at the time. He was going to pay Balaam to put a curse on the Israelites. He asked for Balaam to come meet him. Balaam rode a donkey to go meet Balak. An angel of the Lord appeared to the donkey on his way, 3 times. Each time the donkey saw the angel and tried to turn away. He knew the Lord was against Balak. Each time the donkey turned away, Balaam beat the donkey to try to keep him moving forward. After the third time, the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth and he talked to Balaam. It said to Balaam, “What have I done to you? Why did you hit me those three times?”.

Just then, the LORD opened up Balaam's eyes and he saw the angel of the LORD. He quickly got down off the donkey and bowed down. The angel asked Balaam why he had hit his donkey three times when the angel had gone out to stand against Balaam because Balaam's journey was wicked in the sight of the LORD. The angel also said that if it had not been for the donkey, Balaam would have died. The donkey had saved Balaam's life. The angel reminded Balaam to only speak what God told him to say in Moab. 

At first, Balaam remembered to only say what God wanted him to say, to only bless the children of Israel, but after a while, the king's riches and money were what became important to Balaam. Eventually, Balaam became friends with the enemies of the LORD, and those enemies killed Balaam (Numbers 31:8). Our friends sometimes can corrupt us or make us evil like they are. We need to make good friends who love God.

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