²³ When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword^(A) in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat it^(B) to get it back on the road.

¹⁶ David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.^(A)