Oh, The Horror: Obsession Numbers 23:23 KJV 23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! Witchcraft/witch·craft: the use of magic to inflict supernatural harm or misfortune on others Biblically speaking, witchcraft is defined as seeking supernatural power, knowledge, or control apart from God, and it is strictly condemned as an act of spiritual rebellion. In our anchor verse, it speaks directly to the attempt of one who was hired to do witchcraft against the children of God, but against these, God made it plain it would not be. Witchcraft was requested to be done against them by one man because of his obsession with the children of Israel, saying they are too mighty for me. Numbers 22:1-6 1And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 2And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 5He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: 6Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. Obsession/əbˈseSHən/: the domination of a person's thoughts, feelings, or mind by a persistent, powerful, and often unreasonable idea, desire, or image.