발락 은
모압 의 왕으로
십볼 의 아들이다. 출애굽하는 과정중 이스라엘 백성을
아모리인 과 그 왕
Sihon 을 무찌른 것을 보고 두려워하였다. 이에, 전쟁으로는 이스라엘 백성을 막을 수 없다고 생각하고 타락한 선지자
Balaam 을 통해 저들을 저주하여 무찌르려고 하였다.
2 Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3 Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel .
4 Moab said to the elders of Midian , “Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
5 He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor , which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt . Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.
6 Please come now therefore, and curse this people for me; for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
그러나 이스라엘 백성을 돌보시는 하나님의 은혜로 발람은 이스라엘 백성을 저주하지 못하고 축복하게 되었다.
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