Balak, the king of Moab, hired the prophet Balaam to curse the people of Israel. Balaam repeated futile attempts to curse Israel, but Elohim insisted that he bless Israel. Elohim wanted these magnificent blessings to come to Israel through the agency of the wicked and immoral Balaam, so that all the world would know that everyone is helpless to harm Israel against …
CHUKAT (ordinance of)/ BALAK (Balak)
Numbers 19:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses and to Aaron saying, 2 זֹאת This is the ordinance from the Torah which יהוה has commanded: Tell the Children of Israel to bring you a Red Heifer without spot and blemish and has never been worked: 3 You will give אתָהּ it (her) to Eleazar the priest, so that he may bring …