Numbers 23:2
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
Numbers 23:2 in other translations
| BSB | So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak--Balaam also--offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar, |
| DARBY | And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar. |
| BBE | And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep. |
| Webster | And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. |
What does Numbers 23:2 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 23:1-10
With the camps of Israel full in view, Balaam ordered seven altars to be built, and a bullock and a ram to be offered on each. Oh the sottishness of superstition, to imagine that God will be at man's beck! The curse is turned into a blessing, by the overruling power of God, in love to Israel. God designed to serve his own glory by Balaam, and therefore met him. If God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, who would…
Numbers 23:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 23:2
- Numbers 23:30
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
- Numbers 23:14
And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
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Context
- Numbers 23:1
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
- Numbers 23:2
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
- Numbers 23:3
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
Numbers 23:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Balac hizo como le dijo Balaam: y ofrecieron Balac y Balaam un becerro y un carnero en cada altar. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Balak fit comme Balaam avait dit; et Balak et Balaam offrirent un taureau et un bélier sur chaque autel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Balak tat, so wie Bileam gesagt hatte; und Balak und Bileam opferten einen Farren und einen Widder auf jedem Altar. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cumque fecisset juxta sermonem Balaam, imposuerunt simul vitulum et arietem super aram. |