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Easy-to-Read Version

Numbers 23:30

Balak did what Balaam asked. Balak offered the bulls and rams on the altars.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Peor;   Thompson Chain Reference - Balaam;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Balaam;   Balak;   Kibroth-Hattaavah;   Moab, Moabites;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Offering, Offering up;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Balak did as Bil`am had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
King James Version
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Lexham English Bible
Balak did just as Balaam said, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
English Standard Version
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
New Century Version
Balak did what Balaam asked, and he offered a bull and a male sheep on each altar.
New English Translation
So Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Amplified Bible
Balak did just as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
New American Standard Bible
Balak did just as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Balak did as Balaam had sayd, and offred a bullocke and a ram on euery altar.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Balak did just as Balaam had said and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
Contemporary English Version
After Balak had done what Balaam asked, he sacrificed a bull and a ram on each altar.
Complete Jewish Bible
Balak did as Bil‘am said and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Darby Translation
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar.
George Lamsa Translation
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Good News Translation
Balak did as he was told, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Christian Standard Bible®
So Balak did as Balaam said and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Literal Translation
And Balak did as Balaam said; and he offered a bull and a ram on the altar.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Balac dyd as Balaam sayde, and offered on euery altare a bullocke vnd a ramme.
American Standard Version
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Bible in Basic English
And Balak did as Balaam said, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Balac dyd as Balaam had sayd, and offered an oxe and a ramme on euerie aulter.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
King James Version (1611)
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offred a bullocke and a ramme on euery altar.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Balac did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar.
English Revised Version
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Berean Standard Bible
So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Balaach dide as Balaam seide, and he puttide caluys and rammes, bi alle auteris.
Young's Literal Translation
and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar.
Update Bible Version
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.
World English Bible
Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
New King James Version
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on every altar.
New Living Translation
So Balak did as Balaam ordered and offered a young bull and a ram on each altar.
New Life Bible
Balak did just as Balaam had said. He gave a bull and a ram on each altar in worship.
New Revised Standard
So Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Balak did as Balaam said, - and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laid on every altar, a calf and a ram.
Revised Standard Version
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
THE MESSAGE
Balak did it and presented an offering of a bull and a ram on each of the altars.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Balak did just as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.

Contextual Overview

13 Then Balak said to him, "So come with me to another place. At that place you can see more of these people. You cannot see all of them—you can only see part of them. Maybe from that place you can curse them for me." 14 So Balak led Balaam to Watchmen Hills. This was on top of Mount Pisgah. There Balak built seven altars and killed a bull and a ram on each altar as a sacrifice. 15 Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here by this altar while I go meet with God over there." 16 So the Lord came to Balaam and told Balaam what to say. Then he told Balaam to go back to Balak and say these things. 17 So Balaam went to Balak. Balak was still standing near the altar. The leaders of Moab were there with him. Balak saw Balaam coming and said, "What did the Lord say?" 18 Then Balaam said this: "Stand up, Balak, and listen to me. Hear me, Balak son of Zippor. 19 God is not a man; he will not lie. God is not a human being; his decisions will not change. If he says he will do something, then he will do it. If he makes a promise, then he will do what he promised. 20 He told me to bless them. He blessed them, so I cannot change that. 21 God saw no wrong in Jacob's people. He saw no sin in the Israelites. The Lord is their God, and he is with them. The Great King is with them! 22 God brought them out of Egypt. They are as strong as a wild ox.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Leviticus 1:3 - a burnt Numbers 22:17 - and I will do Numbers 22:40 - General Numbers 23:2 - offered 2 Samuel 15:12 - while he offered Micah 6:6 - with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Balak did as Balaam had said,.... Though the sacrifices were expensive, he did not grudge them; he spared no cost to gain his point, though he now could have but little hope of it: and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar; as he had done before, Numbers 23:2.


 
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