Balaam Bible Quiz

Answer key for Balaam Bible Quiz

1. Q1: Whose son was Balaam? Answer: Beor. Numbers 22:5 (KJV) — 'Balaam the son of Beor.' Reference: Numbers 22:5 (KJV).
2. Q2: Which king sent for Balaam? Answer: Balak of Moab. Numbers 22:5 (KJV) — 'Balak the son of Zippor... sent messengers therefore unto Balaam.' Reference: Numbers 22:5 (KJV).
3. Q3: What did Balak want Balaam to do to Israel? Answer: Curse them. Numbers 22:6 (KJV) — 'Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.' Reference: Numbers 22:6 (KJV).
4. Q4: What did Balaam ride upon? Answer: An ass. Numbers 22:21 (KJV) — 'Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass.' Reference: Numbers 22:21 (KJV).
5. Q5: Who stood in the way to withstand him? Answer: An angel of the LORD. Numbers 22:22 (KJV) — 'the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him.' Reference: Numbers 22:22 (KJV).
6. Q6: How many times did Balaam smite his ass? Answer: Three. Numbers 22:28 (KJV) — 'thou hast smitten me these three times?' Reference: Numbers 22:28 (KJV).
7. Q7: How many oracles did Balaam speak? Answer: Four. Numbers 23–24 (KJV) records four parables/oracles of Balaam. Reference: Numbers 24 (KJV).
8. Q8: What 'Star' did Balaam prophesy? Answer: A star out of Jacob. Numbers 24:17 (KJV) — 'there shall come a Star out of Jacob.' Reference: Numbers 24:17 (KJV).
9. Q9: How did Balaam ultimately cause Israel to sin? Answer: With idolatry through Moabite women. Numbers 31:16 (KJV) — 'these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor.' Reference: Numbers 31:16 (KJV).
10. Q10: What did Balaam love, according to 2 Peter? Answer: The wages of unrighteousness. 2 Peter 2:15 (KJV) — 'Balaam... who loved the wages of unrighteousness.' Reference: 2 Peter 2:15 (KJV).