But there’s a hitch: As Balaam travels to curse the Israelites, God sends an angel to imbue his donkey with the power of speech. The donkey—long story short—tells Balaam that he’ll only be ...

Balaam the son of Beor ... Moses to go speak to Pharaoh and tell him to free the Israelites, Moses gets on his donkey to go to Egypt. While he is on his way, something shocking happens ...

So, once again we can see that all the images used in this story ... In conclusion: the donkey of Balaam both speaks and carries the prophet on his back. This suggests it represents “a voice ...

BaMidbar is a book filled with stories. In this book of many stories perhaps no story so intrigues our imagination as that of Balaam and his talking donkey (22:2-25:9). The story of the talking ...

In each case, an obstacle was placed in the path of Balaam. Balaam could not see the obstacle. And oh, what an obstacle it was! The angel of the Lord blocked the path each time. Only the donkey ...

His images were often abrasive ... Perhaps one of the earliest uses of the donkey as a stand-in for the party as a whole came in 1837. “The Modern Balaam and his Ass” was Henry Robinson ...

Ben the donkey ... of Mr. Balaam's charger. Irreverent people there are who have cast reflections on the aforesaid Mr. Balaam. They suggest that the gentleman should have changed his brand.