Números 22:27

27 Esta vez cuando la burra vio al ángel, se echó al suelo con Balaam encima. Entonces Balaam, furioso, volvió a golpear al animal con su vara.

Números 22:27 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 22:27

And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord
The third time; for it seems that he was not always in sight, but disappeared as he removed from place to place, and at every new place where he stood the ass saw him, though her master did not:

she fell down under Balaam;
upon her knees on the ground, not being able to go backwards nor forwards, nor to turn out of the way to the right or left:

and Balaam's anger was kindled;
he was displeased and out of humour before, when it turned into the field, and when it squeezed his foot against the wall, and therefore he smote it; but now falling down with him, he was in a fume and fury, quite enraged:

and he smote the ass with a staff;
which he rode with, perhaps his divining staff, see ( Hosea 4:12 ) , it is not said what he smote it with before but probably with the same: Aben Ezra says, at the first and second time he smote it with a small stick, or with a thong.

Números 22:27 In-Context

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.

26 Entonces el ángel del Señor
se adelantó y se plantó en un lugar tan estrecho que la burra no podía pasar del todo.

27 Esta vez cuando la burra vio al ángel, se echó al suelo con Balaam encima. Entonces Balaam, furioso, volvió a golpear al animal con su vara.

28 Así que el Señor
le dio a la burra la capacidad de hablar.
—¿Qué te he hecho para merecer que me pegues tres veces? —le preguntó a Balaam.

29 —¡Me has dejado en ridículo! —gritó Balaam—. ¡Si tuviera una espada, te mataría!