The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive.”

So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.

and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab.”

They are like valleys stretched forth, like gardens by the river’s side, like aloes that the Lord has planted, and like cedar trees beside the waters.

And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road.

“Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.”

Then the angel of the Lord went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.

Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.’”