Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 22:25

And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord,…. In the same position as before, with a drown sword in his hand, and being frightened again, and in a narrow path, and no way to turn aside:

she thrust herself unto the wall; to one of the walls, as close as she could, in order to get by the angel:

and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall; running up so very closely to it:

and he smote her again; having done it once before, Nu 22:23 the times of smiting are observed, for the sake of what the ass after said, and for the confirmation of it.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

25. Crushed Balaam’s foot By this second sign God came nearer unto Balaam, and revealed to him the vanity of his divining art, showing that he could not foresee the evil that was about to befall him. “The children of God have the angels to keep them in all their ways, and to bear them up lest they dash their foot against a stone. Psa 91:11-12. But Balaam, tempting the Lord, hath his angel to withstand him, whereby, his foot is crushed against the wall; yet maketh he no good use thereof.” Ainsworth.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments