“The Moabites and the Ammonites not only treated Israel cruelly on their way to the Promised Land, but they also were a people with a disgraceful beginning. Moab and Ammon were the two sons born to the daughters of Lot through their incest with their father (Genesis 19:30-38).” (Guzik)
Balaam did not end well. He also had an ass speak to him!
Numbers 22:27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
Joshua 13:22 In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practiced divination.
Look at verse 5 again, “the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.”
We also had curse into a blessing! We were born under the curse of sin and on the cross Jesus turned the curse into a blessing!
Balaam thought his ass was stubborn when it fell down.
The question is, are you going to be stubborn as an ass about Jesus’s gift of salvation?
Blessings
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