Números 22:23

23 la burra de Balaam vio al ángel del Señor
de pie en el camino, con una espada desenvainada en su mano. La burra se apartó del camino y se desbocó hacia un campo, pero Balaam la golpeó y la obligó a regresar al camino.

Números 22:23 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 22:23

And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way,
&c.] Which Balaam did not; his eyes being held from seeing him by the power and providence of God, that he might be reproved and rebuked by his ass, to whom God gave power to see, more than to him, as Jarchi notes, so that he had little reason to boast of his visions and revelations, and that he was the man whose eyes were open: the angel stood in the very pathway on which the ass was carrying Balaam: and his sword drawn in his hand; as threatening to destroy him, and as if he was just about to push at him, and signifying hereby not only that he deserved to die, but what death he should die of, namely, by the sword, as he did, ( Numbers 31:8 ) ( 1 Chronicles 21:16 )

and the ass turned aside out of the way;
out of the common road, to save its master and itself, from a natural principle of self-preservation: and went into the field; adjoining to, and that lay along the road side:

and Balaam smote the ass to turn her into the way;
with his staff, as in ( Numbers 22:27 ) to bring her into the common road again.

Números 22:23 In-Context

21 Balaam y su burra
A la mañana siguiente Balaam se levantó, ensilló su burra y salió con los funcionarios moabitas;

22 pero Dios se enojó porque Balaam iba con ellos. Así que envió al ángel del Señor
a pararse en medio del camino para impedirle el paso. Mientras Balaam y dos de sus sirvientes iban montando,

23 la burra de Balaam vio al ángel del Señor
de pie en el camino, con una espada desenvainada en su mano. La burra se apartó del camino y se desbocó hacia un campo, pero Balaam la golpeó y la obligó a regresar al camino.

24 Entonces el ángel del Señor
se detuvo en un lugar donde el camino se hacía estrecho entre las paredes de dos viñedos.

25 Cuando la burra vio al ángel del Señor
, trató de pasar pero aplastó el pie de Balaam contra la pared. Así que Balaam la golpeó de nuevo.