1. Judges 5:10 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What are the white donkeys?

Judges 5:10 (ESV)

10 “Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.

More accurately called tawny donkeys, these “were rare and formed a symbol of affluence. Thus Deborah was speaking to distinguished persons and members of the ruling class (see Judges 10:4; Judges 12:14)."1

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