Book 28, Chapter 16

ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ τὰ τοῦ Βαλαὰμ παρεθέμεθα, πρόσχες εἰ δύναται καὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγεσθαι ὅτι οὐ θεόθεν ἐλάλησεν ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ ἀγγέλου· »Ἔστη, γάρ φησιν, ὁ ἄγγελος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐνδιαβάλλειν »αὐτόν. καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπιβεβήκει ἐπὶ τῆς ὄνου αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ δύο παῖδες »αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἰδοῦσα ἡ ὄνος τὸν ἄγγελον τοῦ θεοῦ »ἀνθεστηκότα ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, καὶ τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἐσπασμένην ἐν τῇ »χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξέκλινεν ἡ ὄνος ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ καὶ ἐπο|ρεύετο εἰς »τὸ πεδίον. καὶ ἐπάταξεν Βαλαὰμ τὴν ὄνον ἐν τῇ ῥάβδῳ τοῦ »εὐθῦναι αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ· καὶ ἔστη ὁ ἄγγελος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ταῖς αὔλαξι »τῶν ἀμπέλων, φραγμὸς ἐντεῦθεν καὶ φραγμὸς ἐντεῦθεν«. εἶτα μετ’ ὀλίγα·