Numbers 22:31-32

English Standard Version

³¹ Then the Lord ^(A)opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed down and fell on his face. ³² And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out ^(B)to oppose you because your way is perverse^[a] before me.