Was not this angel the same which had gone before Israel all the way through the wilderness? Exodus 23:20 compared with Malachi 2:1.
Related Commentaries of Numbers 22:23
Numbers 22:23
23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.