Bible Dictionary: Offense: Balaam

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Numbers 31:16
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
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Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.
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Library

Bunyan -- the Heavenly Footman
... Heaven and happiness is that which every one desireth, insomuch that wicked Balaam
could say ... hard at his heels, to take vengeance on him for the offense he had ...
/.../various/the worlds great sermons vol 2/bunyan the heavenly footman.htm

The Wisdom of God in the Means Used to Propagate the Gospel.
... him not!" To many he hath been "a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense!". ... his
messages and execute his orders; as we see in the case of Balaam and Jonah. ...
/.../lee/sermons on various important subjects/sermon i the wisdom of.htm

Homilies on the Epistles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon.
... Avarice, a lust, [3143]430; inexcusable, [3144]536. Balaam, a prophet, though
a wicked man, [3145]482. ... Cain, offense of, [3181]498. ...
/.../homilies on the epistles to.htm

On the Righteousness and Efficacy of the Providence of God
... For, against the prohibitory part, an offense is committed, either by performing
an act, or from an undue cause and ... 2 Sam.17.) God hindered Balaam from cursing ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 1/disputation 10 on the righteousness.htm

Second Sunday after Trinity Exhortation to Brotherly Love.
... O my people, remember now what Balak, king of Moab, devised; and what Balaam, the
son ... What offense had godly Abel committed against his brother to be so hated? ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/second sunday after trinity exhortation.htm

Chapter xxii
... bolder, speaking of "human sacrifice, the demand of which gives no offense to Abraham ...
ie, those who specially wait upon their master, even as Balaam has two ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxii.htm

On the Righteousness and Efficacy of the Providence of God ...
... [Sec. 3.] Against the latter of these an offense may be committed, either by performing
an act, or by omitting its ... (2 Sam.17.) God hindered Balaam from cursing ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 1/disputation 9 on the righteousness.htm

Instability
... like Balaam, they take the reward of wickedness, and they perish in the gainsaying ...
and you cannot be punished; for God will not punish twice for one offense. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/instability.htm

Subtopics

Offence

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Offense: Gideon

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Offense: Ministers should be Cautious of Giving

Offense: Ministers should Remove That Which Causes

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