Balaam
The Soothsayer
By Marilynn E. Hood
For your convenience, the “Resources” section from Balaam: The Soothsayer is listed here along with the website links.
Setting the Scene
Berean Standard Bible, https://berean.bible/downloads.htm.
Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com.
Chapter 1
[Sidebar] “Commentaries: Numbers 22:5,” Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/commentaries/numbers/22-5.htm.
Chapter 2
1. “Donkey Information Guide,” The Donkey Listener, https://donkeylistener.com/donkey-information-guide.
1. Khadilkar, Dhananjay, “How Donkeys Changed the Course of Human History,” BBC.com, January 16, 2023, https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230116-how-donkeys-changed-the-course-of-human-history.
Chapter 3
2. “What is the significance of high places in the Bible?”, Got Questions Ministries, accessed February 21, 2023, https://www.gotquestions.org/high-places.html.
2. “The Worship of Baal,” Bible History, https://bible-history.com/resource/the-worship-of-baal.
Thoughts to Ponder, Question 1: Smyth, Dolores, “What Does the Number 7 Mean in the Bible and Why is it Important?”, Christianity.com, July 11, 2023, https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/what-is-the-biblical-significance-of-the-number-7.html.
Chapter 4
Thoughts to Ponder, Question 1: “Numbers 23:21,” Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/numbers/23-21.htm.
Thoughts to Ponder, Question 1: “Commentaries: Numbers 23:21,” Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/commentaries/numbers/23-21.htm.
Thoughts to Ponder, Question 3: “Who/what is the Lion of the tribe of Judah?”, Got Questions Ministries, accessed February 21, 2023, https://www.gotquestions.org/lion-tribe-Judah.html.
Thoughts to Ponder, Question 3: Haynes, Clarence L., Jr., “4 Powerful Reasons to Understand and Know Jesus as the Lion of Judah,” Bible Study Tools, December 20, 2022, https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/powerful-reasons-to-know-god-as-the-lion-of-judah.html.
Chapter 5
Thoughts to Ponder, Question 2: “Encampment of the Tribes of Israel in the Wilderness,” Conforming To Jesus Ministry, https://www.conformingtojesus.com/charts-maps/en/wilderness_camp_of_the_tribes_of_israel.htm.
[Sidebar] “Pentateuch, The,” Smith’s Bible Dictionary, Bible Study Tools, https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/smiths-bible-dictionary/pentateuch-the.html.
[Sidebar] “Deuteronomy,” Easton’s Bible Dictionary, Bible Study Tools, https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/eastons-bible-dictionary/deuteronomy.html.
Chapter 7
9. “When and how was Israel conquered by the Assyrians?”, Got Questions Ministries, accessed February 21, 2023, https://www.gotquestions.org/Israel-conquered-by-Assyria.html.
10. “Numbers 24:24,” John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible, Bible Study Tools, https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/numbers-24-24.html.
10. “Commentaries: Numbers 24:24,” Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/commentaries/numbers/24-24.htm.
Thoughts to Ponder, Question 1: “What is the meaning of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in Daniel 2?”, Got Questions Ministries, accessed February 21, 2023, https://www.gotquestions.org/nebuchadnezzars-dream.html.
Chapter 8
7. “Numbers 25,” Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary, Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/commentaries/jfb/numbers/25.htm.
8. “Numbers 25:4,” Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/numbers/25-4.htm.
8. “Commentaries: Numbers 25:4,” Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/commentaries/numbers/25-4.htm.
Chapter 9
5. Slick, Matt, “Why were only the virgins left alive among the Midianites in Numbers 31:17-18?”, Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry, November 28, 2008, https://carm.org/bible-difficulties/why-were-only-the-virgins-left-alive-among-the-midianites-in-numbers-3117-18.
5. “Why did God command the Israelites to completely destroy the Midianites in Numbers 31:17?”, Got Questions Ministries, accessed February 21, 2023, https://www.gotquestions.org/Numbers-31-17-Midianites.html.
Chapter 10
Thoughts to Ponder, Question 3: “How was God Himself the inheritance of the Levites?”, Got Questions Ministries, accessed February 21, 2023, https://www.gotquestions.org/God-inheritance-Levites.html.
[Sidebar] “Levitical Cities,” Encyclopedia of the Bible, Bible Gateway, https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Levitical-Cities.