edom moab ammon. inscription describing balaam found in deir alla, jordan (25 miles north of plains...
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Edom
Moab
Ammon
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Inscription describing Balaam found in Deir Alla, Jordan (25 miles north of Plains of Moab) in 1967 dating between 700-800 BC
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Mesopotamian methods of divination • Extispicy ~ divination
using animal entrails • Lecanomancy ~ divination by dripping oil in basin of water• Oneiromancy ~ divination through dream interpretation
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Jude ~ 11Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.“The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.” – Marcus Aurelius
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2 Pet. 2 ~ 15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness…To win over certain people to something, it is only necessary to give it a gloss of love of humanity, nobi-lity, gentleness, self-sacrifice—and there is nothing you cannot get them to swallow. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Put God to work for you and maximize your potential in our divinely ordered capitalist system. – Norman Vincent Peale
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Oracle ~ mashal – usually translated proverb or parable
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Wild ox ~ KJV, unicorn
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Moses &
AaronKohathites
Gersho-
nites
Merarites
JudahIssachar
Reuben
Zebulun
Gad Simeon
Ephraim
Benjamin
Manasseh
DanAsh
erNaphtali
186,400 151,4
50
108,100
157,600
Moab
Mt. Peor
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Jer. 45 ~ 5 do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them…