A Lamb For An ASS

An Ass. A stubborn, obstinate, untamable, implacable, unreasonable creature. Describes us pretty well, doesn't it? But, there is a way in whom we may be reconciled to God. A lamb must be offered, but not just any old lamb. . . the lamb which God requires.

And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD. And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem (Exodus 13:11-13).