Balaam and His Talking Donkey

Balaam’s Donkey Talks From the Book of Numbers 22 Balaam was traveling on his donkey on

an important trip. The morning sun was shining and everything seemed normal.

But suddenly, the donkey stopped in the road and would not move. Balaam pulled the

reins and got upset, but the donkey could see what Balaam could not see: an angel with a bright

sword standing in the path! They tried again. The donkey walked forward,

then squeezed hard against a stone wall to go around the angel. Balaam’s foot hit

the wall. “Ouch! Why are you doing that?” he shouted. A third time,

the angel blocked the road. The donkey knew it was not safe, so she simply lay