Balams ass speaks, There’s divine intervention, human stubbornness, and a donkey And so, with the dramatic instinct of an Oriental poet, either Balaam himself or the original writer of the chronicle translated these subjective impressions into external facts, and made the ass In short, as the ass was opposed by the angel, but was driven forward by Balaam, so Balaam was opposed by God, but was driven forward by Balak, against his better knowledge. Balaam’s Talking Ass is a fascinating and memorable biblical narrative in the story Balaam’s donkey in Numbers 22:21–38. 22 But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him. Whereupon—here it comes—the she-ass turns to Balaam and speaks [!] "Yo, my man, gimme a break! What have I done to you that you should whack me like this three times?" But Balaam Balaam’s ass speaks to him as he makes the journey, after the animal refuses to move when the angel of the Lord stands in its way. God opened the mouth of the ass and she asked Balaam what had she done to him? What had he beaten her three times already . 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 Sometimes, the voice of reason comes from the most unexpected places, like a talking donkey! So next time you hear a donkey bray, remember The ass lay down. However, 21 Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite officials. Balaam beat the ass with his staff.


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