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 ...

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 ...

Our “Balaam” leads us to narrow places. Our “Donkey” sees and senses ... he can see the broader picture and find it in his heart to look at them kindly. This was not the case for Balaam.

Small things like loyalty counted for little with Balaam – he was a prophet who esteemed profit above all other considerations. So, he saddled his donkey and set off to meet the Israelites.

Balaam was soon to find this to be very true. One morning he got up and saddled his donkey and went with the men of Moab. As Balaam was riding on his donkey, ahead in the road stood the angel of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...