Num 22:23, Jos 5:13, 1Ch 21:16-17, Heb 1:7 | ESV | STEP | And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road , with a drawn sword in his hand . And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field . And Balaam struck the donkey , to turn her into the road .

a Gen. 18:2; 32:24; Acts 1:10; [Ex. 23:20, 23]

Numbers 22:23

23 And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.

Joshua 5:13

The Commander of the Lord’s Army

13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, ^aa man was standing before him ^bwith his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?”

1 Chronicles 21:16-17

16 And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, ^cclothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 17 And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave command to number the people? It is I who have sinned and done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Lord my God, be against me and against my father’s house. But do not let the plague be on your people.”

Hebrews 1:7

7 Of the angels he says,

^d“He makes his angels winds,
and his ministers a flame of fire.”