"Again, “in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left,” the angel appeared, as before, in a threatening attitude; and the poor beast, trembling with terror, made a full stop, and fell to the earth under its rider. Balaam's rage was unbounded, and with his staff he smote the animal more cruelly than before. God now opened its mouth, and by “the dumb ass speaking with man's voice,” he “forbade the madness of the prophet.” 2 Peter 2:16 . “What have I done unto thee,” it said, “that thou hast smitten me these three times?” PP 442.1"
"But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet."
Ellen White directly references 2 Peter 2:16 in this passage.
"Furious at being thus hindered in his journey, Balaam answered the beast as he would have addressed an intelligent being—“Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.” Here was a professed magician, on his way to pronounce a curse upon a whole people with the intent to paralyze their strength, while he had not power even to slay the animal upon which he rode! PP 442.2"
"And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee."
EGW directly quotes Balaam's words from Numbers 22:29, making this a clear and explicit allusion.
"The eyes of Balaam were now opened, and he beheld the angel of God standing with drawn sword ready to slay him. In terror “he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.” The angel said to him, “Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? Behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: and the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.” PP 442.3"
"Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face."
EGW directly references and quotes from Numbers 22:31, describing Balaam seeing the angel and falling on his face. This is a clear explicit allusion.
"And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again."
EGW quotes and elaborates on the biblical narrative, providing additional details not explicitly stated in Numbers 22:34 but present in the broader context of Numbers 22.
Balaam owed the preservation of his life to the poor animal that he had treated so cruelly. The man who claimed to be a prophet of the Lord, who declared that his eyes were open, and he saw the “vision of the Almighty,” was so blinded by covetousness and ambition that he could not discern the angel of God visible to his beast. “The god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not.” 2 Corinthians 4:4 . How many are thus blinded! They rush on in forbidden paths, transgressing the divine law, and cannot discern that God and His angels are against them. Like Balaam they are angry at those who would prevent their ruin. PP 442.4 Balaam had given evidence of the spirit that controlled him, by his treatment of his beast. “A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.” Proverbs 12:10 . Few realize as they should the sinfulness of abusing animals or leaving them to suffer from neglect. He who created man made the lower animals …
"In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them."
Ellen White directly references 2 Corinthians 4:4 in this passage.
"A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel."
Ellen White directly references Proverbs 12:10 in this passage.
"The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works."
Ellen White directly references Psalms 145:9 in this passage.