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Originally Posted by Nobar King
I assume that you are referring to animals that can actually speak English, and not just pets who mimic their owner's voices like this:
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Please, Brother King. This a Bible study forum, and not a video exchange network.
But to answer your question, I think it's a difficult distinction to make. Right after the Flood God made a covenant with the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth:
Genesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
Genesis 9:10
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Genesis 9:11
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Note: The Bible tells us that God made His covenant with "
all that go out of the ark", which means the covenant doesn't cover those animals that Noah had just sacrificed to God.
The Bible doesn't tell us in what manner the animals consented to the covenant, but we all know "
who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb" (Ex. 4:11) so God could easily speak through the animals like He spoke through Balaam's ass.