26 Then the Angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

27 And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam’s anger was aroused, and he struck the donkey with his staff.

29 And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have¹ abused me. I wish there were a sword in my hand, ^afor now I would kill you!”  ‡

30 ^aSo the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden, ever since I became yours, to this day? Was I ever¹ disposed to do this to you?” And he said, “No.”  ‡