Numbers

In Numbers 22 Balaam was traveling to Moab. He had hired himself out to speak a word over Israel. On the way he desired a sword to kill his donkey for the way she wandered from the road. He didn't realize that God had a sword for him if he rebelled. That sword finally came down on Balaam, as recorded in Numbers 31:8. If he had really listened to God he wouldn't have hung around to receive God's sword. Instead he must have hired himself out as an advisor for the Midianites. That strategic venture cost him his life. We too need to be sure that we remain faithful to God only.
Stuart