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What was the talking donkey's name?
What was the
talking donkeys name?
Numbers 22:20-35 says, "And God came unto
Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go
with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. And Balaam
rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. And God's
anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an
adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with
him. And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his
hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote
the ass, to turn her into the way. But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the
vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. And when the ass saw
the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against
the wall: and he smote her again. And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a
narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 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. 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? And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a
sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not
I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was
I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam,
and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and
he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. And the angel of the LORD said unto
him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to
withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: And the ass saw me, and
turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had
slain thee, and saved her alive. And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have
sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it
displease thee, I will get me back again. And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go
with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So
Balaam went with the princes of Balak."
