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Monday, October 18, 2010

Balaam's oracles

Balaam takes up seven discourses, four of them "against" Israel which points to Israel's "fourness" - that is, that Israel is the land (four corners of the earth). There seem to be hints of a creation theme sprinkled throughout. The third oracle talks a bit about plants:
Like palm groves that stretch afar,
like gardens beside a river,
like aloes that the Lord has planted,
like cedar trees beside the waters.
Water shall flow from his buckets,
and his seed shall be in many waters;

Day three - separating land from water and bringing up plants yeilding seed

In the forth oracle, Balaam says,
I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near:
a star shall come out of Jacob,
and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;

Day four - stars, sun, and moon

The war between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent is also restated in the forth oracle:
a star shall come out of Jacob,
and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the forehead of Moab
and break down all the sons of Sheth.

Pushing even farther, Moab means "from father" - Moab is the seed of the serpent
Posted by Joshua at 10:10 AM 0 comments
Labels: Balaam, creation, Numbers, OT
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