²⁶ And the angel of Jehovah passed·​·on again, and stood in a strait place, where^▵ there was no way to go·​·aside either to the right hand or^◦ to the left hand.

³ And Balaam said to Balak, Stand·​·forth over thy burnt·​·offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will happen to meet me: and what word He shows me I will tell thee. And he went to a slope.