Why God Spoke to Balaam Only in the Night Visions

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Balak 11:2

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Another interpretation: Why was He revealed to him (that is, to Balaam) at night? He was not fit for the Holy Spirit [except at night], because with all the prophets of the worshippers of stars He speaks at night. And so Eliphaz says (Job 4:13): "Amid disquieting thoughts from visions of the night."

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ProphecyDivine Revelation

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