30. The donkey said: "Am not I your animal, on which you have always been accustomed to sit, even until this present day? Tell me, when did I ever do the same thing to you." But he said, "Never."
31. Immediately, the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the Angel standing in the way with a drawn sword, and he reverenced him prone on the ground.
32. And the Angel said to him: "Why did you beat your donkey three times? I have come to be an adversary to you, because your way is perverse and contrary to me.
33. And unless the donkey had turned aside from the way, allowing a place for my opposition, I would have killed you, and she would have lived."
34. Balaam said: "I have sinned, not knowing that you stood against me. And now, if it displeases you for me to continue on, I will return."
35. The Angel said, "Go with them, but be careful not to speak anything other than what I shall instruct you." And so, he went with the leaders.
36. And when Balak had heard it, he went out to meet him in a town of the Moabites, which is situated at the furthest borders of Arnon.
37. And he said to Balaam: "I sent messengers to call you. Why did you not come to me immediately? Was it because I am not able to pay the cost for your arrival?"
38. He answered him: "Behold, here I am. Am I able to speak anything other than what God will put into my mouth?"