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Why Couldn’t Moses Enter the Promised Land? – Numbers E6

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The Story of Balaam - The Sorcerer for Hire

Balaam was a well known sorcerer for hire. He's actually mentioned in cananite literature outside the hebrew bible too. The storys is tota satire, litrally comparing balaam to a talking ass, a talking donkey. And god speaks truth through an ass, and god speaks truth and blessing through a pagan sorcerer. It's one of the most explicit, like, messianic prophecies in the torrah.

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