“And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:”
'The donkey saw me, and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let her live' — the angel reveals that the donkey's refusal saved Balaam's life. Had the beast proceeded, the angel would have struck Balaam dead; the donkey would have been spared. The reversal is profound: the animal is righteous, the prophet is condemned. The donkey's instinct protected her master; her refusal was mercy.
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