Balaam's blessing of Israel

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Balaam's_blessing_of_Israel
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Biblical event
gptkbp:chapter Numbers 22-24
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Book_of_Numbers
gptkbp:firstOracle Numbers 23:7-10
gptkbp:fourthOracle Numbers 24:15-24
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Balaam's blessing of Israel
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:location gptkb:Plains_of_Moab
gptkbp:mainFigure gptkb:Balak
gptkb:Balaam
gptkb:Israelites
gptkbp:numberOfOracles four
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Balak
gptkbp:order gptkb:deity
gptkbp:prophesiedIn A star shall come out of Jacob (Numbers 24:17)
gptkbp:purpose To bless Israel instead of cursing them
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Balaam's_donkey
Moabite king Balak
gptkbp:religiousSignificance Affirms Israel's chosen status
gptkbp:result Israel blessed
gptkbp:secondOracle Numbers 23:18-24
gptkbp:theme God's favor on Israel
Irreversibility of God's blessing
Prophecy of Israel's future greatness
gptkbp:thirdOracle Numbers 24:3-9
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:People_of_Midian
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8