As Balaam rode his donkey, the Angel of the LORD — the same divine Presence who spoke from the burning bush and led Israel in the pillar of fire — stood in the path with a drawn sword. Balaam couldn’t see Him. But the donkey could. Three times the donkey turned aside to save her master’s life: Once into a field, Once pressing Balaam’s leg against a all, And once lying down beneath him. Three times Balaam struck her with his staff, blind to the danger ahead.