Numbers 22:32
And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, it was I who came forth to withstand thee, for the way [thou walkest in] is for ruin before me.
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Exodus 3:2And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a thorn-bush: and he looked, and behold, the thorn-bush burned with fire, and the thorn-bush was not being consumed.
Numbers 22:22And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the Angel of Jehovah set himself in the way to withstand him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two young men were with him.
Numbers 22:35And the Angel of Jehovah said to Balaam, Go with the men, but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that shalt thou speak. And Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
Deuteronomy 25:4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].
Psalms 145:9Jehovah is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Proverbs 14:2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; but he that is perverted in his ways despiseth him.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:23-36
God's Displeasure against Balaam; Remonstrance of Balaam's Ass; The Angel Appears to Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But… Read the whole commentary →