32 And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you because your way is perverse¹ before me.

15 Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed ^gthe way of ^hBalaam, the son of Beor, who loved ⁱgain from wrongdoing, 16 but was ^jrebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.