# Immerse Beginnings Day 141 Year 3 Daily Bible Reading

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Podcast: [Immerse: Bible Reading Experience - NLT Daily Bible In A Year](https://stenobird.com/podcast/immerse-bible-reading-experience-nlt-daily-bible-in-a-year-6723192)
Published: 2026-05-21T09:00:00+00:00
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The Donkey, the Angel, and Blessings That Cannot Be Reversed Balak, king of Moab, watches the Israelite horde spread across his landscape and does what any frightened king would do—he hires a professional. Balaam is a prophet-for-hire, a man who deals in curses the way a merchant deals in spices. But God intercepts the transaction. ‘Do not go with them,’ He tells Balaam. ‘These people are blessed.’ Balak sends more distinguished envoys and more money. Balaam, to his credit, says the right words—‘Even if Balak gave me his palace filled with silver and gold, I could do nothing against the will of the Lord.’ But he saddles his donkey and goes anyway. And then comes one of the most wonderfully humiliating scenes in Scripture. The donkey sees the angel that the prophet cannot. Three times the animal swerves, and three times Balaam beats her. When God opens the donkey’s mouth, she asks the most reasonable question in the Bible: ‘What have I done to deserve this?’ Balaam, the man who speaks for God, is rebuked by his own beast of burden. His eyes are finally opened, and he proceeds—chastened—to do exactly what God commands. Three times Balak sets up altars and asks for a curse. Three times Balaam opens his mouth and blessings pour out. ‘God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind.’ The words are not Balaam’s; they are God’s, spoken through a reluctant vessel. And then, in his final oracle, Balaam sees far into the future: ‘A star will rise from Jacob; a scepter will emerge from Israel.’ The pagan prophet, hired to curse, becomes an unwitting herald of the Messiah. 00:00 Balak Summons Balaam 01:00 God Says Do Not Go 02:00 Balak Sends More Officials 03:00 Balaam’s Donkey Sees the Angel 05:00 The Donkey Speaks 06:00 Balaam Arrives in Moa…

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