28. The 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?”
29. Balaam 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.”
30. The 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.”
31. Then 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.
32. the 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.
33. The 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.”
34. Balaam 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.”
35. the Lord’s angel said to Balaam, “Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak.”So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.