Day 48 | Numbers 21–22 — The Donkey Saw What the Prophet Couldn't — Balaam, Bronze Serpents, and a New Generation | Bible in a Year

Numbers jumps nearly 38 years. The first generation is gone. When a Canaanite king attacks, this new generation makes a choice their parents never could: they turn to God first. When serpents strike, they repent before Moses even intercedes, a first. Then Balaam, a pagan prophet, is hired to curse Israel. But his donkey sees the angel of the Lord blocking the path before Balaam does. God protects His people through unlikely means. Deliverance rarely looks like what we'd expect.Here we consider deliverance, danger, temptation, blessing, protection, and trusting God amid uncertainty.