Numbers 22:23-25

The Voice

²³ But it was the donkey who saw the Eternal’s messenger standing in the road with a sword in his hand, drawn and ready. The donkey went off the road and into the field, and Balaam, not seeing the messenger as his donkey had, hit the beast to drive it back onto the road; ²⁴ but then the messenger of the Eternal stood in the narrow walkway separating two vineyards, and there was a wall on either side. ²⁵ Spooked by the Eternal’s messenger, the donkey pressed herself against one of the walls, trapping Balaam’s foot. Balaam hit her again.