¹³ So he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

²⁷ The prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they did so.

²⁶ He said, “My lord the king, since I your servant am lame,^(A) I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled and will ride on it, so I can go with the king.’ But Ziba^(B) my servant betrayed me.

⁴ He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys.^(A) They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.^[a](B)

Balaam’s Donkey

²¹ Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite officials.