Numbers 22:28

The Lord gave the donkey the ability to speak and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you for you to beat me three times?”

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In The King James Version

And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

In Context

27The donkey saw the angel of the Lord and lay down under Balaam. He got angry and beat it with his walking stick.

29“You made me look stupid!” Balaam told the donkey. “If I was holding a sword, I'd kill you now!”

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Cross References

Exodus 4:11“Who gave people mouths?” the Lord asked him. “Who makes people deaf or dumb, able to see or blind? It's I, the Lord, who does that.

Romans 8:22We know that all creation groans with longing, suffering birth-pains even up till now.

2 Peter 2:16But he was rebuked for his evil actions—a dumb donkey spoke with a human voice and stopped the prophet's foolishness!

Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:23-36

God's Displeasure against Balaam; Remonstrance of Balaam's Ass; The Angel Appears to Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 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 way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But… Read the whole commentary →

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