# Numbers 31: A Big Gift and a Bad Ending

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Published: 2026-05-28T04:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Numbers 31 highlights the tragic death of Balaam, a prophet with extraordinary spiritual gifting whose compromise and love of reward led him far from home and into a disastrous end, reminding us that what matters most is not how we start but how we finish.

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