"And he mounted upon his ass." [4834] The ass was the type of the body of Christ, upon whom all men, resting from their labours, are borne as in a chariot. For the Saviour has taken up the burden of our sins. [4835] Now the angel who appeared to Balaam was the Word Himself; and in His hand He held a sword, to indicate the power which He had from above.

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Footnotes:

[4834] Numbers 22:22, 23.

[4835] From one of the mss. Stieren would insert en to idio somati, in His own body; see 1 Pet. ii. 24.