🍞 Numbers 23

Numbers 23 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.”” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.”” Numbers 23 opens with these words: “Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.”” The line to keep is Numbers 23:4: “God met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.”” Carry the word “balaam” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Numbers 23:4: “God met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Numbers 23? Then try this: Read “God met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.