Numbers 22:32-34

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³² The angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? I have come out as an adversary, because your way is perverse^[a] before me. ³³ The donkey saw me, and turned away from me these three times. If it had not turned away from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let it live.” ³⁴ Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now therefore, if it is displeasing to you, I will return home.”