The angel stood in a narrow place between two walls, wherewith the vineyards were enclosed.

And the Angel of Jehovah stood in a hollow of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.

Then the angel of the LORD stood in a hollow way between the vineyards, a fence being on this side, and a fence on that side.

And the messenger of Jehovah standeth in a narrow path of the vineyards, a wall on this side and a wall on that,

Then the angel of the Lord took up his position in a narrow road through the vine-gardens, with a wall on this side and on that.

the Angel stood in a narrow place between the two walls, with which the vineyards were enclosed.

Stetitque postea angelus Jehovae in semita vinearum: maceria una erat hinc, et maceria altera inde.

In a path of the vineyards - i. e., in a path shut in by vineyard-walls on each side. The progress from the road through the open field Numbers 22:23 to that walled in, and thence to the strait place, where there was no room to turn Numbers 22:26, shows that Balaam was approaching a city, no doubt that which was the goal of his journey.

(l) But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall [being] on this side, and a wall on that side.
(l) The second time.

But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyard,..... Which were in the field into which the ass went, and before Balaam could turn her back she got into a narrow path, between the vineyards, as the Targum of Jonathan; a footpath which lay between them, or a footpath where foxes ran and had their holes, who used to lie near vineyards and among them, see Song 1:14 however, it was a very narrow path, and here the angel placed himself, so that there was no passage for Balaam and his ass, at least not without great difficulty and danger:
a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side; and therefore there was no going out into the field, as before, to avoid the difficulty and danger; this being, as Jarchi observes, a stone wall that was on each side.

the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards--The roads which lead through fields and vineyards are so narrow that in most parts a man could not pass a beast without care and caution. A stone or mud fence flanks each side of these roads, to prevent the soil being washed off by the rains.

The angel then stationed himself in a pass of the vineyards where walls (גּדר, vineyard walls, Isaiah 5:5) were on both sides, so that the animal, terrified by the angel, pressed against the wall, and squeezed Balaam's foot against the wall, for which Balaam smote her again.