ESV Reformation Study Bible – 2 Pet 2:16
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2 Pet 2:16

2:16 speechless donkey. Peter probably intends an ironic contrast with v. 12. While the false teachers resembled “irrational animals” in their slavery to greed, their prototype Balaam was himself rebuked by a beast.