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Can Donkeys Speak Human Languages?

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Can Donkeys Speak Human
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Yes, under divine circumstances. When this particular donkey’s master removed her from her stall that morning and placed a saddle upon her back, she had not the slightest idea that during her journey that day she would be speaking the language of her master. Nor did her master have the slightest premonition that he and his beast of burden would be conversing as two humans converse. But it happened. Let me share the biblical story with you.

The king of Moab tried to persuade Balaam to curse Israel in an effort to avoid being overrun and swallowed up like the nations around him. Twice he sent his elders and princes to Balaam. On their first visit, the Lord told Balaam not to go with them. But on their second visit, when more pressure was applied, the Lord told Balaam to go with them, “but only do what I tell you”

Along the way, an angel of the Lord stood in their path as an adversary, even after instructing Balaam to go ahead and make the trip. The angel’s sword was drawn and ready to kill. The donkey saw the angel, but Balaam didn’t.

Immediately the donkey turned aside out of the road and took Balaam into the field. Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her back into the road. Then the angel stood into a narrow path with a wall on both sides. When the donkey saw the angel again, she pushed against the wall and pressed Balaam’s foot against it. That hurt! In response, Balaam whipped her again.

But it wasn’t over yet. Then the angel stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn, either to the right or to the left. What was the donkey to do now? She laid down under Balaam. He couldn’t understand why his lifelong donkey, who had served him for many years, was behaving irrationally. Balaam became quite angry and abused his donkey again. At that point, “the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey,” and she said to Balaam:

What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” One would think Balaam’s reply would have been something like this, “Hey, what goes here? When did you learn to talk? You’re talking my language! You aren’t supposed to be able to speak the language of humans. What’s wrong here?”

Instead of thinking something was strangely absurd and impossible, Balaam replied to his beast of burden, “Because you have made a fool of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I would kill you.”

The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Is it my habit to treat you this way?” And Balaam replied, “No!”

Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes and he saw the angel standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand. And Balaam bowed down, fell on his face, and admitted he had sinned. The angel told him that if his donkey had not turned aside, “I would have killed you and let her live...I have come out to oppose you because your way is perverse before me.”

But how was the Balaam’s behavior reckless? Why would the Lord tell him to go with the princes of Moab but then stand in his way? In what way was Balaam perverse? It was because he provoked the Lord to anger by being too neighborly and too cooperative with Israel’s enemies—by patronizing them and appearing to be agreeable to their cause. But in the end, the Lord used Balaam to speak four divine oracles that blessed Israel and condemned her enemies [Num. 22 & 23]. In other words, the Lord spoke through a man with a questionable reputation to bless His people.

However, as the story of Balaam unfolds, and as odd as it may seem, Israel’s army killed him in battle [Num. 31:8]. Earlier, on Balaam’s advice, he caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord at Peor [Num. 23:28-29]. Joshua says Balaam “practiced divination” [13:22].

So what do we have? Apparently, Balaam was a counterfeit prophet whom the Lord used to His advantage. The Lord employs a diversity of strategies to communicate His schemes and His purposes, even opening the mouth of a brute animal to relay His message. Humorous? Yes. Our Lord is not above being amusing. He even called King Herod a fox! But making a donkey talk is not as amusing as the donkey’s master not detecting it! Now that’s funny.
 
Apparently, Balaam was a counterfeit prophet whom the Lord used to His advantage.​
It looks to me like he was a real prophet. He himself said he couldn't prophesy anything but what God gave him, and he ended up blessing Israel.

Also, he's historically attested, and the inscriptions show him as being a prophet.

-Jarrod
 
It looks to me like he was a real prophet. He himself said he couldn't prophesy anything but what God gave him, and he ended up blessing Israel.
I believe Balaam to be the original source of Ezekiel's prophecy regarding Gog. Balaam told Balak, "I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days." (Numbers 24:14).

We know that Ezekiel 38:17 had the Lord saying to Gog regarding his coming against Israel, " Art thou he of whom I have spoken in OLD TIME by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?" It would seem that Balaam's prophecy regarding what Israel would do in "the latter days" (prophecy given in the "old time" after Israel had first become a nation during their wilderness wanderings) was then taken up by the prophets of Israel who repeated this to their own people.
 
It looks to me like he was a real prophet. He himself said he couldn't prophesy anything but what God gave him, and he ended up blessing Israel.

Also, he's historically attested, and the inscriptions show him as being a prophet.

-Jarrod
Jarrod:

Yes, a real prophet who went sour.
 
I believe Balaam to be the original source of Ezekiel's prophecy regarding Gog. Balaam told Balak, "I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days." (Numbers 24:14).

We know that Ezekiel 38:17 had the Lord saying to Gog regarding his coming against Israel, " Art thou he of whom I have spoken in OLD TIME by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?" It would seem that Balaam's prophecy regarding what Israel would do in "the latter days" (prophecy given in the "old time" after Israel had first become a nation during their wilderness wanderings) was then taken up by the prophets of Israel who repeated this to their own people.
Interesting theory. There's a big gap of 5-6 centuries between them.
 
Jarrod:

Yes, a real prophet who went sour.
Someone like Balaam uttering a truthful prophecy by God compelling him to do so sounds very much like the case of Caiphas uttering that absolutely truthful statement about Christ in John 11:49-52, even though he did not realize the actual spiritual truth behind what he was saying.

"And one of them, named Caiphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad."

God can use even corrupt instruments to pass on a prophecy if He so desires. Those wicked characters are still responsible for their evil motives behind what they say, but God is able to make even the wrath of men to praise Him.
 
Donkey's can talk ;D.

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last part donkey talked.
 
God is not served by human hands as a will

The Serpent was used to represent the poison of false prophecy coming from false apostles it could talk before the legs were cut off.to show not walking together understanding with God

An Ass the creature of burden used to represent a true apostles sent with the word of God.God place on her mouth used to represent a unbeliever. showing that God is not served by human hands dying creatures in any way shape or form

The living word of God stopped the madness of that false apostle Balaam The living word of God turned him to do the right thing prophecy the truth of God not the lie of the serpent

Numbers 22:28 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?

Exodus 34:20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

Believers Son of man Jesus riding on Ass a picture of prophets bringing the gospel of peace into the city as apostles asses used that way throughout the Bible. Like Samuel anointing David .God anointing his Son below

Matthew King21 :1-8 James Version And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,And brought the ass, and the colt, and U, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
 
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