When the donkey saw the angel, it moved over against the wall and crushed Balaam's foot against it. Again Balaam beat the donkey.
Keep all your magic spells and charms; you have used them since you were young. Perhaps they will be of some help to you; perhaps you can frighten your enemies.
Then the angel stood where the road narrowed between two vineyards and had a stone wall on each side.
Once more the angel moved ahead; he stood in a narrow place where there was no room at all to pass on either side.