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Then the angel of Yahweh stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
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God Narrows Our Path
Commentators highlight the significance of the location. Unlike the first encounter in an open field where the donkey could turn aside, the angel now stands in a narrow path with a wall on each side. This physical confinement symbolizes how God sometimes removes our options and "corners" us to get our attention when we are stubbornly pursuing a sinful course.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In a path of the vineyards - that is, in a path shut in by vineyard-walls on each side. The progress from the road through the open field ([…
19th Century
Anglican
In a path of the vineyards. — Better, in the hollow pass of the vineyards.
A wall. — Or, a fe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyard , &c.]. Which were in the field into which the ass went, a…
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