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Christian Standard Bible ®

Numbers 23:15

Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I seek the Lord over there.”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Pisgah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Balaam;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Camp, Encampments;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Balaam;   Balak;   Kibroth-Hattaavah;   Moab, Moabites;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Balaam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Numbers, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.
King James Version
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.
Lexham English Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself here at the burnt offering while I myself meet with Yahweh there."
English Standard Version
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there."
New Century Version
So Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here by your burnt offering, and I will meet with God over there."
New English Translation
And Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord there."
Amplified Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I go to meet the LORD over there."
New American Standard Bible
Then he said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the LORD over there."
Geneva Bible (1587)
After, he sayde vnto Balak, Stande here by thy burnt offring, & I wil meete the Lord yonder.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet Yahweh over there."
Contemporary English Version
"Wait here beside your offerings," Balaam said. "The Lord will appear to me over there."
Complete Jewish Bible
Bil‘am said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, while I go over there for a meeting."
Darby Translation
And [Balaam] said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here by this altar while I go meet with God over there."
George Lamsa Translation
And Balaam said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go yonder.
Good News Translation
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, and I will meet God over there."
Literal Translation
And he said to Balak, Station yourself by the burnt offering while I go to meet Him over there.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde vnto Balac: Stonde so by thy burntoffrynge, whyle I go yonder.
American Standard Version
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.
Bible in Basic English
Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he said vnto Balac: Stande here by thy burnt sacrifice, whyle I meete [the Lorde] yonder.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meete the Lord yonder.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God.
English Revised Version
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
Berean Standard Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he seide to Balaach, Stonde here bisidis thi brent sacrifice, while Y go.
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto Balak, `Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I -- I meet [Him] there;'
Update Bible Version
And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt-offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.
World English Bible
He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder.
New King James Version
And he said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet [fn] the Lord over there."
New Living Translation
Then Balaam said to the king, "Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go over there to meet the Lord ."
New Life Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt gift, while I meet the Lord over there."
New Revised Standard
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offerings, while I meet the Lord over there."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said he to Balak, Station thyself here by thine ascending-sacrifice, - while, I, meet him yonder.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him.
Revised Standard Version
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder."
THE MESSAGE
Balaam said to Balak, "Take up your station here beside your Whole-Burnt-Offering while I meet with him over there."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the LORD over there."

Contextual Overview

13Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp; you won’t see all of them. From there, put a curse on them for me.” 14So Balak took him to Lookout Field on top of Pisgah, built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. 15Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I seek the Lord over there.”16The Lord met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then he said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.” 17So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the officials of Moab. Balak asked him, “What did the Lord say?” 18Balaam proclaimed his poem: 19God is not a man, that he might lie,or a son of man, that he might change his mind.Does he speak and not act,or promise and not fulfill? 20I have indeed received a command to bless;since he has blessed, I cannot change it. 21He considers no disaster for Jacob;he sees no trouble for Israel.The Lord their God is with them,and there is rejoicing over the King among them. 22God brought them out of Egypt;he is like the horns of a wild ox for them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 23:3, Numbers 22:8

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:18 - met Numbers 24:1 - at other times Joshua 24:10 - General Micah 6:6 - with

Cross-References

Exodus 30:13
Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel (twenty gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the Lord.
Exodus 30:15
The wealthy may not give more and the poor may not give less than half a shekel when giving the contribution to the Lord to atone for your lives.
Ezekiel 45:12
The shekel will weigh twenty gerahs. Your mina will equal sixty shekels.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto Balak, stand here by thy burnt offering,.... As he had before directed him, Numbers 23:3

while I meet the Lord yonder; pointing to some place at a little distance, where he expected to meet the Lord, and have some instructions from him, which he seemed confident of, having met with him once already.


 
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