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King James Version

Numbers 23:30

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

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.
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Balak did what Balaam asked. Balak offered the bulls and rams on the altars.
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 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 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. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken? 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

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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