▁the ▁two , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁sor cer er . ▁It ▁is ▁unclear ▁what ▁the ▁dispute ▁was ▁about , ▁but ▁Col um ba ▁ordered ▁Sil n án ▁to ▁use ▁his ▁magic ▁to ▁draw ▁milk ▁from ▁a ▁nearby ▁b ull , ▁seem ingly ▁in ▁def iance ▁to ▁the ▁b ull ' s ▁God - g iven ▁gender . ▁Sil n án ▁then ▁did ▁so , ▁and ▁retrieved ▁a ▁p ail ▁full ▁of ▁milk ▁from ▁the ▁b ull . ▁ ▁Col um ba ▁had ▁ordered ▁him ▁thus , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁show ▁to ▁all ▁the ▁people ▁that ▁Sil n án ' s ▁sor c ery ▁was ▁not ▁actually ▁capable ▁of ▁doing ▁this . ▁Col um ba ▁then ▁took ▁the ▁p ail ▁of ▁milk ▁and ▁bl essed ▁it , ▁and ▁the ▁milk ▁straight way ▁turned ▁into ▁blood . ▁Col um ba ▁thus ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁sor cer er ▁had ▁not ▁actually ▁taken ▁milk , ▁but ▁rather ▁had ▁taken ▁blood ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁b ull ▁and ▁used ▁his ▁sor c ery ▁to ▁mask ▁it , ▁thus ▁showing ▁that ▁Sil n án ▁had ▁failed ▁to ▁actually ▁def y ▁the ▁b ull ' s ▁natural ▁gender ▁but ▁had ▁only ▁just ▁seem ingly ▁done ▁so ▁at ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁the ▁animal ' s ▁health . ▁ ▁The ▁b ull ▁was ▁then ▁found ▁to ▁have ▁was ted ▁away ▁to ▁a ▁hide ous ▁le ann ess , ▁but ▁holy ▁water ▁was ▁then ▁spr ink led ▁on ▁it ▁and ▁the ▁b ull ▁recovered ▁its ▁health . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Ad om nan