Numbers 23:2 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 23:2

So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

KJV

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ	vai.Ya.'as	and he did	H6213 →
בָּלָ֔ק	ba.Lak	Balak	H1111 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֣ר	di.Ber	he had spoken	H1696 →
בִּלְעָ֑ם	bil.'Am	Balaam	H1109 →
וַיַּ֨עַל	vai.Ya.'al	and he offered up	H5927 →
בָּלָ֧ק	ba.Lak	Balak	H1111 →
וּבִלְעָ֛ם	u.vil.'Am	and Balaam	H1109 →
פָּ֥ר	par	a young bull	H6499 →
וָאַ֖יִל	va.'A.yil	and a ram	H352 →
בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃	ba.miz.Be.ach	on the altar	H4196 →

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Through
Numbers 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.
leads to
- Isaiah 46:6
  They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
- Deuteronomy 3:27
  Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
- Isaiah 1:10–11
  Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- Hosea 12:11
  Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
- Numbers 23:29
  Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”