21:2 telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. 1 Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ 2 and he will send them at once.”
1 tnGrk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).
2 sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.