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Balaam’s donkey and the angel of the LORD

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Numbers 22:22–35: God’s anger burns because Balaam goes, and the angel of the LORD stands in the way against him with his sword drawn. The donkey sees the angel and turns into the field, then presses against a wall and crushes Balaam’s foot, then lies down under him, and Balaam strikes her three times. The LORD opens the donkey’s mouth, and she asks why he has struck her these three times; then the LORD opens Balaam’s eyes, and he sees the angel with his sword drawn and falls on his face. The angel says he came out as an adversary because Balaam’s way is perverse, and would have killed him had the donkey not turned aside. Balaam says he has sinned and will go back if it displeases him, but the angel tells him to go with the men and speak only the word he gives him, and Balaam goes with the princes of Balak.

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NUM 22:22–35, engwebp
²²God’s anger burned because he went; and the LORD’s angel placed himself in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
²³The donkey saw the LORD’s angel standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned out of the path, and went into the field. Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the path.
²⁴Then the LORD’s angel stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
²⁵The donkey saw the LORD’s angel, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. He struck her again.
²⁶The LORD’s angel went further, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
²⁷The donkey saw the LORD’s angel, and she lay down under Balaam. Balaam’s anger burned, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
²⁸The LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
²⁹Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you.”
³⁰The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long until today? Was I ever in the habit of doing so to you?” He said, “No.”
³¹Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the LORD’s angel standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
³²The LORD’s angel said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me.
³³The donkey saw me, and turned away before me these three times. Unless she had turned away from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive.”
³⁴Balaam said to the LORD’s angel, “I have sinned; for I didn’t know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.”
³⁵The LORD’s angel said to Balaam, “Go with the men; but you shall only speak the word that I shall speak to you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
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Evidence: Numbers 22:22–35

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Current wording: Numbers 22:22–35: God’s anger burns because Balaam goes, and the angel of the LORD stands in the way against him with his sword drawn. The donkey sees the angel and turns into the field, then presses against a wall and crushes Balaam’s foot, then lies down under him, and Balaam strikes her three times. The LORD opens the donkey’s mouth, and she asks why he has struck her these three times; then the LORD opens Balaam’s eyes, and he sees the angel with his sword drawn and falls on his face. The angel says he came out as an adversary because Balaam’s way is perverse, and would have killed him had the donkey not turned aside. Balaam says he has sinned and will go back if it displeases him, but the angel tells him to go with the men and speak only the word he gives him, and Balaam goes with the princes of Balak.
Cited evidence: NUM 22:22–35, engwebp
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