[arachne] Re: The Bible says it's smart to be a dumb ass

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On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:57:03 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:

> But how could something dumb speak at all?
> ====

> Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
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>> See 2nd letter of Peter, Chapter 2, verse 16, where it says:

>> "the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness
>> of the prophet".

Interesting question.  For answers I turned to Numbers, Chapter 22,
to read the story concerning the reported event to which St. Peter
refers in the quotation above.

In verse 28 of the story the Bible says "And the Lord opened the mouth
of the ass, and she said unto Balaam . . . . ."  The equine creature is
described as a female several times in the story.  The original report
of the talking equine admonishing the mad prophet does not say that she
spoke in "man's" voice.  It seems that St. Peter failed to do his homework
on this account when he wrote and circulated his second letter.  When you
arrive at the Pearly Gates to request permission to enter you will have an
opportunity to flame him for that.  Give him hell, L.D.

If you would do that for me you might get to go where I'm going.

Sam Heywood
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