Who protected God's people?

God protected His people.

King Balak hired Balaam to pronounce a curse on the Israelites. Balaam headed out but his donkey kept stopping. After beating the donkey, Balaam heard the donkey speak. Talking donkeys! This is one of those unusual accounts in the Bible that proves that God is capable of doing anything! Balaam eventually was obedient to God and did exactly what God wanted. Balaam also revealed a revelation about the coming Messiah and fourteen hundred years after Balaam predicted Jesus’ birth, wise men from the east came to visit the boy Jesus.