Numbers: Parshah Balak: What happened to Bilaam’s donkey?

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Ch.22, vs.30

What happened to Bilaam’s donkey?

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר הָאָת֜וֹן אֶל־בִּלְעָ֗ם הֲלוֹא֩ אָנֹכִ֨י אֲתֹֽנְךָ֜ אֲשֶׁר־רָכַ֣בְתָּ עָלַ֗י מֵעֽוֹדְךָ֙ עַד־הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה הַֽהַסְכֵּ֣ן הִסְכַּ֔נְתִּי לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לְךָ֖ כֹּ֑ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לֹֽא׃

The ass said to Balaam, “Look, I am the ass that you have been riding all along until this day! Have I been in the habit of doing thus to you?” And he answered, “No.”

An angel killed the donkey as soon as it finished speaking so that people wouldn't make it into something to be worshipped.

Another reason it was killed was because it had completed its purpose for having been created. 

(Meam Loez)

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