# The Asses of Balaam

Author: Garrett, Randall, 1927-1987; Schoenherr, John, 1935-2010 [Illustrator]

Genre: Science Fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30583

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Asses+of+Balaam+Garrett&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_It is written in the Book of Numbers that Balaam, a wise man of the Moabites, having been ordered by the King of Moab to put a curse upon the invading Israelites, mounted himself upon an ass and rode forth toward the camp of the Children of Israel. On the road, he met an angel with drawn sword, barring the way. Balaam, not seeing or recognizing the angel, kept urging his ass forward, but the ass recognized the angel and turned aside. Balaam smote the beast and forced it to return to the path, and again the angel blocked the way with drawn sword. And again the ass turned aside, despite the beating from Balaam, who, in his blindness, was unable to see the angel._

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-asses-of-balaam-30583/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-asses-of-balaam-30583/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-asses-of-balaam-30583/chapters/3/index.md)