The target of Balak and Balaam is Israel, which in gematria and ordinal number is 605, as follows: The difference between the above two names is: 699 – 466 = 233, which is the gematria of ...

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Balaam tried to curse the People of Israel three times, and three times he failed. After Balak discovered that Balaam did not have the power to curse the nation, he is deeply disappointed.

The first is Balak, king of Moab, a small kingdom east of the Land of the Israel. The second is Balaam, a complex person with magical powers who believes in God yet does not surrender to Him quickly.

Meanwhile, as they travel east of the Jordan River, King Balak of Moab begins to get worried, so he calls Balaam, a well-known diviner and one of seven non-Jewish prophets, for help. King Balak ...

There is a story in Numbers 22:6-35 about a prophet named Balaam and a King named Balak. Balak was the enemy of Israel and he believed in the prophet so much that he believed that if Balaam would ...

In this week’s Torah reading, the king of Moab frightened by Am Yisrael’s movement into the region, wants to hire a “prophet,” the renowned professional curser Balaam. Balak sends ...

That would remind them of a famous story in their tradition: the story of Balak and Balaam in the Book of Numbers 22-24. Balak was the wicked king of Moab who wanted to bring harm to the ...

Thus, Balak may be a historical personality like Balaam, who, before the discovery of the Deir Alla inscription, was considered to be an 'invented' figure,' the authors wrote. Outside of the ...