Numbers 23:2
1 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
3 “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,
4 and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
- KJV
- And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
- WEB
- Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
- ASV
- And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
- DARBY
- And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.
- BLB
- And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
- ÅB
- Balak gjorde som Bileam sa; og Balak og Bileam ofret en okse og en vær på hvert alter.
- OTB
- Balak gjorde som Bileam hadde sagt, og sammen ofret de en okse og en vær på hvert alter.
- B1930
- Balak gjorde som Bileam sa; og Balak og Bileam ofret en okse og en vær på hvert alter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 23:30
So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Read in contextNumbers 23:14
So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Read in context