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Balak tried to engage Balaam the son of Beor for the purpose of cursing the migrating Israelite community. [2] On his journey to meet the princes of Moab, Balaam is stopped by an angel of the Lord after beating his female donkey. The Lord then "opened the mouth of the donkey" to tell him there was an angel with a drawn sword facing him.
The Mishnah taught that the mouth of the donkey that miraculously spoke to Balaam in Numbers 22:28–30 was one of ten things that God created on the eve of the first Sabbath at twilight. [ 67 ] Expanding on Numbers 22:30, the Gemara reported a conversation among Balak's emissaries, Balaam, and Balaam's donkey.
In the morning, Balaam saddled his donkey and departed with the dignitaries, but God was incensed at his going and placed an angel in Balaam’s way. When the donkey saw the angel standing in the way holding his drawn sword, the donkey swerved from the road into the fields, and Balaam beat the ass to turn her back onto the road.
Balaam and the angel, painting from Gustav Jaeger, 1836. Balaam (/ ˈ b eɪ l æ m /; [1] Hebrew: בִּלְעָם, romanized: Bīlʿām), son of Beor, [2] was a biblical figure, a non-Israelite prophet and diviner who lived in Pethor, a place identified with the ancient city of Pitru, thought to have been located between the region of Iraq and northern Syria in what is now southeastern Turkey.
Balak, king of Moab, invites the prophet Balaam to come and curse the Israelites for him. Against God‘s warning, Balaam departs, but God places an angel in Balaam’s way. When his donkey swerves from the road, Balaam beats it with his stick. God allows the donkey to speak and allows Balaam to see the angel, and Balaam bows down to the ground.
Balaam and the Ass is a 1626 painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, dating from his time in Leiden and now in the Musée Cognacq-Jay in Paris. The painting portrays the biblical account of the talking ass debating with diviner Balaam .
However, God tells Balaam not to curse them, and when Balaam attempts to travel to Balak with the Moabite officials God sends an angel to stop his donkey. Realising that he cannot curse the Israelites, Balaam blesses them instead, and foresees a figure whom he identifies as 'the Star of Jacob' who will defeat Israel's enemies. This angers Balak ...
The donkey is said to have declined the gift of a female companion. [6] Another account holds that it was the donkey that spoke first to Muhammad, telling him that it had formerly been owned by a Jew. It had been uncooperative with its previous owner, deliberately stumbling so as to make him fall off, and was often punished by having its food ...