... > Raamattu > Vanha Testamentti > Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, Deuteronomion, Joosua: israelilaisten orjuusajasta Egyptissä heidän asettumiseensa Kanaanin maahan > Numbers: the wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites leave Mount Sinai and reach Canaan > Numbers (part III): events in Moab > the story of Balaam (Numbers 22-24) > an angel holding a sword bars the way and causes Balaam's ass to turn aside; the angel is invisible to Balaam > Balaam strikes his ass, whereupon the ass lies down and starts to speak