Balaam’s Donkey

²¹ Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite officials.

²³ When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword^(A) in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat it^(B) to get it back on the road.

²⁸ Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth,^(A) and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?^(B)”