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Bible Study Numbers 22:28?

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Numbers 22:28

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Talking donkeys. That has about the same credibility as a unicorn in fairyland.

Can someone explain a talking donkey?
 
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Its a wild ox, not a unicorn. Many beasts have one horn. Unicorns only exist in fairyland, usually found in fictional childrens books and mythology.

Now, back to the talking donkey.
 
kiwidan said:
Numbers 22:28

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Talking donkeys. That has about the same credibility as a unicorn in fairyland.

Can someone explain a talking donkey?
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Hi Dan. Her's what John Gill had to say about this....
Numbers 22:28
And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam,.... This was a very extraordinary and miraculous affair, and effected by a supernatural power, that a dumb creature, which had not organs endued with speech, should speak so plainly and distinctly, as is after expressed; and yet it should not be thought incredible, for what is it that Omnipotence cannot do?
 
kiwidan said:
Numbers 22:28

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Talking donkeys. That has about the same credibility as a unicorn in fairyland.

Can someone explain a talking donkey?
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I dunno Brother. Are you saying that you don't believe the donkey talked, or explain why God used a donkey?

kiwidan said:
Its a wild ox, not a unicorn. Many beasts have one horn. Unicorns only exist in fairyland, usually found in fictional childrens books and mythology.

Now, back to the talking donkey.
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You sound very adamant that unicorns don't exist. How do you know for sure?
It is the Word of God that says that...

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I've been perplexed by these verses myself. I know one thing for sure, if it says the ass talked to Balaam, then it really did happen. It had to have happened, otherwise it would mean that the Word of God is not true. Keeping in mind that deception is rampant, and that we've been lied to our whole life...I have to presume that the real truth may be quite different than I've been taught or expect.

So here we have a talking ass. Ok, so this being so, may imply that other animals can talk too if God wants them too.

Now I can't speak assenise, or with the tongue of dogs. But I have seen animals display intelligence and try to communicate with me. My dog can ask me for a bite of what I'm eating by approaching, sitting, looks to my food, then at me, and licks his chops.

Not a big deal at all, I'm sure many of you Brother's & Sisters communicate with your pets in similar fashion. However, your pet simply making the effort to communicate with you, is intriguing. That's not 'dumb animal' behavior. Maybe they're more intelligent than we realize?
 
smaller said:
Numbers 22:28
And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said
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Absolutely Brother. It was necessary for Him to open the mouth of the ass, to be able to accomplish His will at that time. Balaam needed to learn something so the Lord did it that way for His reasons.

We don't normally communicate with animals with back and forth speech. It sure is possible though, as is seen here.
 
kiwidan said:
Its a wild ox, not a unicorn. Many beasts have one horn. Unicorns only exist in fairyland, usually found in fictional childrens books and mythology.

Now, back to the talking donkey.
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Yes, the unicorn was also known as the auroch, and they're extinct now. They didn't have just one horn; more like '#1 of the horned'.

While a talking donkey seems strange, a sword wielding angel (who also talks) should appear just as miraculous.
 
God can do anything!
Has a sense of humor, also.
Handwriting on the wall:
Daniel 5:5,6
Made him wet his pants, lol....
 
Edward said:
Absolutely Brother. It was necessary for Him to open the mouth of the ass, to be able to accomplish His will at that time. Balaam needed to learn something so the Lord did it that way for His reasons.

We don't normally communicate with animals with back and forth speech. It sure is possible though, as is seen here.
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Balaam would have LOVED to condemn the children of Israel for his paymasters who were Israel's enemies.

But even that man, vile as he was, when he opened his mouth, the LORD SPOKE TRUTH. Not much different that The Lord opening the MOUTH of an ass.

3 times he tried, and 3 times he FAILED!

Numbers 23:21
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?

Balaam was no different than the ass.
 
kiwidan said:
Numbers 22:28
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Talking donkeys. That has about the same credibility as a unicorn in fairyland.
Can someone explain a talking donkey?
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If God can create the entire universe with just a word, He can also give a donkey the ability to speak two lines.

Also, just check out any forum and you will find many talking donkeys. :)
 
Edward said:
You sound very adamant that unicorns don't exist. How do you know for sure?
It is the Word of God that says that...

:confused
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FYI. Note from the ESV Study Bible:

Ps. 92:10 ...The wild ox is the aurochs, which is the ancestor of domestic cattle but is now extinct. The animal was known for its strength, and its horns were effective for goring (cf. 22:21; Deut. 33:17). Because the Greek translators used “one-horned” (Gk. monokerōs) to translate (incorrectly) the Hebrew term here, older English versions translated the word “unicorn” (the Latin Vulgate used a word signifying either rhinoceros or unicorn).
 
Baalam was a "medium" or "witch doctor".

He practiced all kinds of magic...including Judaism but preferred the other gods as they paid better.
One of which was a famous act...reading the entrails from a donkey to find out about hidden dangers in the future.

So God used this opportunity to have a donkey speak to him in a very ironic fashion as his donkey was alive instead of dead.
 
JohnDB said:
Baalam was a "medium" or "witch doctor".He practiced all kinds of magic...including Judaism but preferred the other gods as they paid better.
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So its kind of like the prophet baalam went from donations to compulsary tithe. More pay.
 
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JohnDB said:
Baalam was a "medium" or "witch doctor".

He practiced all kinds of magic...including Judaism but preferred the other gods as they paid better.
One of which was a famous act...reading the entrails from a donkey to find out about hidden dangers in the future.

So God used this opportunity to have a donkey speak to him in a very ironic fashion as his donkey was alive instead of dead.
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Where does the scripture say that Balaam practiced magic or read the entrails of a donkey?

Scripture does say that he talked with God.

Num 22:5-13 (NKJV) Then he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the Riverfn in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying: “Look, a people has come from Egypt. See, they cover the face of the earth, and are settling next to me! Therefore please come at once, curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the diviner’s fee in their hand, and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak. And he said to them, “Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

Then God came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?”
So Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying, ‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overpower them and drive them out.’ ”
And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go back to your land, for the LORD has refused to give me permission to go with you.”

That passage identified Balaam as a person who spoke with God but he disobeyed God because he was offered great wealth.
 
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