Numbers 22:33

New International Reader's Version

The donkey saw me. It turned away from me three times. Suppose it had not turned away. Then I would certainly have killed you by now. But I would have spared the donkey.”

Cross References

Numbers 14:37

Those men were to blame for spreading the bad report. So the Lord struck them down. They died of a plague.

Numbers 22:32

The angel of the Lord spoke to him. He asked him, “Why have you hit your donkey three times? I have come here to oppose you. What you are doing is foolish.

Numbers 22:34

Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned. I didn’t realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Tell me whether you are pleased with me. If you aren’t, I’ll go back.”