Numbers 22:28-33 ▼

28 That's when the LORD enabled the donkey to speak. She asked Balaam, |What did I do to you that you would beat me in the space of only three footsteps?|

29 |Because you're playing a dirty trick on me,| Balaam answered the donkey. |If only I had a sword in my hand! I'd kill you right now!|

30 But in response, the donkey asked Balaam, |I'm your donkey that you've ridden on in the past without incident, am I not, and I'm the same donkey you're riding on right now, am I not? Am I in the habit of treating you like this?| |No,| he admitted.

31 Then the LORD enabled Balaam to see, so he observed the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with an unsheathed sword in his hand. So he bowed down and prostrated himself on his face.

32 Then the angel of the LORD asked him, |Why did you beat your donkey in the space of only three footsteps? I've come to oppose you, because I say that what you're doing is perverted.

33 The donkey saw me and turned in front of me in the space of those three footsteps.