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6.5 KiB
Numbers 22 Translation Questions
Q? What city was near the place where the people of Israel camped in the plains of Moab on the other side of Jordan River?
A. The city of Jericho was on the other side of the Jordan River near the place where they camped. [22:1]
Q? Why were the people of Moab afraid of the people of Israel?
A. The people of Moab were afraid of the people of Israel because they had seen all that they had done to the Amorites, and because there were many people. [22:2-3]
Q? Of what country was Balak king?
A. Balak was the king of Moab. [22:4]
Q? What did Balak want Balaam to do to the nation that came from Egypt?
A. Balak wanted Balaam to curse the nation that came from Egypt. [22:5-6]
Q? Why did Balak want Balaam to curse the nation that had come from Egypt?
A. He wanted Balaam to curse that nation because they covered the face of the earth, they were next to him, and they were too strong for him. [22:5-6]
Q? What did Balak know that Balaam could do?
A. Balak knew that whomever Balaam blessed would be blessed, and whomever he cursed would be cursed. [22:6]
Q? What Balaam say when he heard Balak's message?
A. Balaam said that the messengers should stay there overnight and he would bring to them what Yahweh said to him. [22:8]
Q? What did Balaam tell Yahweh about the request of those men who came to him from Balak?
A. Balaam told God that Balak asked him to curse the people of Israel so Balak could fight them and drive them out. [22:11]
Q? What did God tell Balaam to do about going with the messengers and about cursing the people of Israel?
A. God told Balaam that he was not to go with the men and that he was not to curse the people of Israel. [22:12]
Q? What did Balaam tell Balak's leaders in the morning?
A. Balaam told Balak's leaders to go back to their land because Yahweh refused to allow him to go with them. [22:13]
Q? What did the leaders tell Balak when they went back to him?
A. The leaders told Balak that Balaam refused to come with them. [22:14]
Q? How did Balak try to get Balaam to come to him when he sent more honorable leaders to Balaam?
A. Balak tried to get Balaam to curse Israel by paying him extremely well, giving him great honor, and doing whatever he told him to do. [22:17]
Q? What did Balaam say to Balak's men in reply to their request?
A. Balaam told them that he could not go beyond the word of Yahweh, his God, and could do neither less nor more than what he old me. [22:18]
Q? Why did Balaam tell Balak's men they should wait overnight?
A. Balaam told Balak's men to wait there that night so that he might learn anything further that Yahweh said to him. [22:19]
Q? What did God tell Balaam to do when he came to Balaam at night?
A. When God came to Balaam that night, he told Balaam to get up and go with Balak's men but to do only what God told him to do. [22:20]
Q? What did Balaam do in the morning?
A. Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the leaders of Moab in the morning. [22:21]
Q? Why did God's anger kindled?
A. God's anger was kindled because Balaam went with them. [22:22]
Q? What did the angel of Yahweh do?
A. The angel of Yahweh placed himself in the road as someone hostile to Balaam. [22:22]
Q? What did Balaam's donkey see standing in the road?
A. Balaam's donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the road with his drawn sword in his hand. [22:23]
Q? What did Balaam's donkey do when he saw the angel of Yahweh, and what did Balaam do to his donkey?
A. Balaam's donkey turned off the road and went into a field; Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back to the road. [22:23]
Q? What was on the right and left of the angel of Yahweh when he stood in a narrow part of the road between some vineyards?
A. A wall was on the angel's right side and another wall was on his left side. [22:24]
Q? What did the donkey do when he saw the angel of Yahweh with the drawn sword in the narrow place of the road, and then how did Balaam respond to what his donkey did?
A. When the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, she struck the wall and pinned Balaam's foot against it; then Balaam struck her again. [22:25]
Q? What did the donkey do when she saw the angel of Yahweh in another narrow place where there was no way to turn to either side, and what did Balaam do?
A. The donkey laid down under Balaam; Balaam struck the donkey with his staff. [22:27]
Q? What did the donkey ask Balaam when Yahweh opened her mouth so she could talk?
A. The donkey asked Balaam what she had done to him that made him strike her three times. [22:28]
Q? How did Balaam reply to the donkey, and what did he wish he could do to her?
A. Balaam replied to the donkey that he had struck her because she acted so stupidly, and he wished that he had a sword in his hand so that he could kill her. [22:29]
Q? What did Balaam see and do when Yahweh opened his eyes?
A. Balaam saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the road with his drawn sword in his hand so Balaam lowered his head and lay face down. [22:31]
Q? Why did the angel of Yahweh tell Balaam about why his donkey acted the way she did?
A. The angel told Balaam that when his donkey saw the angel she turned away three times. [22:32-33]
Q? What did the angel say would have happened to Balaam if his donkey had not turned away?
A. The angel told Balaam that if his donkey had not turned away the angel would have killed Balaam and spared the donkey's life. [22:33]
Q? What did Balaam confess to the angel, and what did he offer to do?
A. Balaam confessed that he had sinned and offered to return to the place from which he had come. [22:34]
Q? How did the angel reply to Balaam?
A. The angel replied that Balaam should go ahead with the men but only speak the words that the angel told him to speak. [22:35]
Q? What did Balak do when he heard that Balaam had come?
A. Balak went out to meet Balaam. [22:36]
Q? What did Balak ask Balaam when he met him at the city of Aron, a city on Moab's border?
A. Balak asked Balaam why he had not come when Balak summoned him, and did Balaam not think Balak was able to honor him. [22:37]
Q? What did Balaam tell Balak that he could only say?
A. Balam told Balak that he could only say the words that God put into his mouth. [22:38]
Q? What did Balak do when he and Balaam arrived at Kiriath Huzoth?
A. When they arrived at Kiriath Huzoth, Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep and gave some meat to Balaam and the leaders who were with him. [22:39-40]
Q? What could Balaam see when Balak took him up to the shrines of Baal?
A. Balaam could see only a part of the Israelites in their camp. [22:41]