Numbers 22:22

Then God’s anger was kindled ¹  because he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose ²  him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him.

Ge 48:15,16; Ex 3:2-6; Ex 4:24; Nu 22:32; Nu 22:35; 2Ki 10:20; La 2:4; Ho 1:4; Ho 12:4,5

¹ sn God’s anger now seems to contradict the permission he gave Balaam just before this. Some commentators argue that God’s anger is a response to Balaam’s character in setting out – which the Bible does not explain. God saw in him greed and pleasure for the riches, which is why he was so willing to go.

² tn The word is שָׂטָן (satan, “to be an adversary, to oppose”).