28And 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?
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But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-35)We have here an account of the opposition God gave to Balaam in his journey towards Moab; probably the princes had gone before, or gone some other way, and Balaam had pointed out where he would meet them, or where they should stay for him, for we read nothing of them in this part of our narrative, only that Balaam, like a person of some quality, was attended with his two men-honour enough, one wou…
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