And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
L'ânesse vit l'ange de l'Eternel qui se tenait sur le chemin, son épée nue dans la main; elle se détourna du chemin et alla dans les champs. Balaam frappa l'ânesse pour la ramener dans le chemin.
KJV
And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
Paterius Notarius Gregorii I
Liber De Expositione Veteris Ac Novi Testamenti
Cum de servanda doctoribus discreta qualitate cum subditis tractaretur, In expos. bea'i Job, i. xxi (Num. 22, 23, et Reg. Past. p. n, c. 6), adjunctum est : Crescite, etc. — Potentibus viris magna est virtus humilitatis, considerata æqualitas condi tionis. Omnes namque homines n…
Origen
Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis
ν. καὶ 2 Joh. 20, 22. –7 Mark. 1, 24; vgl. Luk. 8, 31. – 11 Act. 16, 16f.–19 Vgl. S. 404, 25ff. – 21 Num. 22, 22–24. – 29 Num 22, 27. – 30 Num. 22, – 35. 7 οἴδαμεν mit LΔ Boh. Arm. Aeth. Iren. u. o. S. 181, 5 | 13 κατακολουθήσασα mit ACE 13. 31. DL | 14 ἔκραξεν singulär; wahrsche…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ho presided over the terrestrial order"; and Origen says on the text, "When the ass saw the angel" ( Num. 22:23 ), that "the world has need of angels who preside over beasts, and over the birth of animals, and trees, and plants, and over the increase of all other things" (Hom. xi…
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