Balaam
~1400 BCE, the plains of Moab
Non-Israelite prophet from Pethor, hired by Balak king of Moab to curse Israel as they camped on the plains. He could only say what the LORD gave him, and four times he blessed Israel instead of cursing them. Later he advised Moab to corrupt Israel through intermarriage and Baal worship at Peor (Numbers 31:16). The man who couldn't corrupt Israel with a curse found another way. His donkey spoke to him on the road.
On their voice
~1400 BCE. A genuine prophet outside the Israelite covenant — he knew the LORD, he could hear from the LORD, and the LORD used him. But his greed made him double-dealing. He could not curse what God had blessed, so he counseled how Israel might be made to curse itself. The donkey moment is real and he has not forgotten it.
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