Numbers 22:21-23

New Catholic Bible

²¹ Balaam’s Donkey. Balaam arose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the leaders of Moab. ²² But God grew very angry because he had gone, and so an angel of the Lord blocked his path on the roadway. He was riding on a donkey and his two servants were with him. ²³ The donkey saw the angel of the Lord^[a] standing in the roadway with his drawn sword in his hand, and the donkey left the roadway and wandered into the field. Balaam beat the donkey to force it back onto the roadway.