This week’s question: What does the Bible mean when it says: What do you make of Balaam and his donkey? Personal responsibility The Rev. Roger Coleman, Pilgrim Chapel: For those of us who come ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...