Bible Verses

The Lord’s angel asked him: “Why did you strike your donkey thrice? I have come here to oppose you because you are going the wrong way.

Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the Lord’s angel standing on the road with a drawn sword. He bowed and fell downward, his face to the ground.

And the donkey said to Balaam: “Am I not your donkey that you have ridden to this day? Have I ever dared to do this to you?” He said: “No!”

Balaam answered: “You have made a fool of me. If I had a sword just now, I would kill you.”

But now the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam: “What have I done to you to make you beat me three times?”

When the donkey saw the Lord’s angel there, she lay down under Balaam; he was angry and beat her with a stick.

Then the Lord’s angel stopped at a narrow place with no room to go either to the right or left.

When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she shrank against the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it, so he beat her again.

But the angel of the Lord stood on a narrow lane between vineyards with a stone wall on either side.

When the donkey saw the angel, she turned off the road and entered the field. Then Balaam hit the donkey to get her back onto the road.