Numbers 22:31-33

Expanded Bible

³¹ Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam and let Balaam see the ·angel [messenger] of the Lord, who was standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand. Then Balaam bowed facedown on the ground.

³² The ·angel [messenger] of the Lord asked Balaam, “Why have you ·hit [struck] your donkey three times? I have stood here to ·stop [challenge] you, because what you are doing is wrong. ³³ The donkey saw me and turned away from me three times [^Cit was more spiritually sensitive than Balaam]. If she had not turned away, I would have killed you by now, but I would have let her live.”