²³ And the donkey saw the Malach Hashem standing in the derech, and his cherev drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned off the derech, and went into the sadeh; and Balaam beat the donkey, to turn her back onto the derech.

²⁴ But the Malach Hashem stood in the closed-in path among the kramim (vineyards), a wall being on this side, a wall on that side.