It's 2:50 am here, so forgive me for citing Deut.; the correct citation is Numbers 22.22 and 22.32 in the following: >1. to try to force something to deviate from its course; God uses the verb >re: Himself and the angel he sends to "deviate" or "block" Balaam and his >ass (Deut. 22.22 and 22.32). Dan Lusthaus Macalester College