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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Numbers 23:2

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, - and Balak and Balaam caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- 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 - Priest;   Sacrifice;   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 spoken; and Balak and Bil`am offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
King James Version
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
Lexham English Bible
And Balak did just as Balaam spoke, and Balak offered Balaam a bull and a ram on the altar.
English Standard Version
Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
New Century Version
Balak did what Balaam asked, and they offered a bull and a male sheep on each of the altars.
New English Translation
So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
Amplified Bible
Balak did just as Balaam had said, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
New American Standard Bible
Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Balak did as Balaam sayd, and Balak and Balaam offred on euery altar a bullocke and a ramme.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
Contemporary English Version
After Balak had done this, they sacrificed a bull and a ram on each altar.
Complete Jewish Bible
Balak did as Bil‘am said; then Balak and Bil‘am offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Darby Translation
And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.
Easy-to-Read Version
Balak did what Balaam asked. Then Balak and Balaam killed a ram and a bull on each of the altars.
George Lamsa Translation
And Balak did as Balaam had told him; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
Good News Translation
Balak did as he was told, and he and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Christian Standard Bible®
So Balak did as Balaam directed, and they offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Literal Translation
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken. And Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on the altar.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Balac dyd as Balaam sayde. And both Balac and Balaam offred, on euery altare a bullocke & a ramme.
American Standard Version
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
Bible in Basic English
And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Balac dyd as Balaam sayde: And Balac and Balaam offred on euery aulter an oxe and a ramme.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
King James Version (1611)
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, and Balak & Balaam offered on euery altar a bullocke and a ramme.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on every altar.
English Revised Version
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
Berean Standard Bible
So Balak did as Balaam had directed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he hadde do bi the word of Balaam, thei puttiden a calf and a ram to gidere on the auter.
Young's Literal Translation
And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak -- Balaam also -- offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar,
Update Bible Version
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram.
World English Bible
Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
New King James Version
And Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
New Living Translation
Balak followed his instructions, and the two of them sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.
New Life Bible
Balak did as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam gave a bull and a ram on each altar in worship.
New Revised Standard
Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar.
Revised Standard Version
Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
THE MESSAGE
Balak did it. Then Balaam and Balak sacrificed a bull and a ram on each of the altars.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.

Contextual Overview

1 Then said Balaam unto Balak: Build me here seven altars, - and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, - and Balak and Balaam caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar. 3 Then said Balaam unto Balak: Station thyself by thine ascending-sacrifice, and let me go my way - peradventure Yahweh may come and meet me, and what thing soever he may show me, I will tell thee. So he went his way to a bare height. 4 And God came unto Balaam, - so he said unto him The seven altars, have I built in a row, and have caused to ascend, bullock and a ram on each altar. 5 And Yahweh put a word into the mouth of Balaam, - and said - Return unto Balak, and, thus, shalt thou speak. 6 So he returned unto him, and lo! he was stationed by his ascending-sacrifice, - he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 So he took up his parable and said, - From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel. 8 How can I revile one whom GOD hath not reviled? Yea, how can I rage on one on whom Yahweh hath not raged. 9 Surely from the head of the rocks, do I see him, Yea, from the hills, do I observe him, - Lo! a people, who alone doth dwell, And among the nations, he doth not reckon himself. 10 Who hath counted the dust of Jacob? Or who hath numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my hereafter be like his!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

offered: Numbers 23:14, Numbers 23:30

Reciprocal: Numbers 22:17 - and I will do Numbers 22:40 - General Numbers 23:29 - General 1 Chronicles 15:26 - bullocks Ezekiel 45:23 - seven bullocks

Cross-References

Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and came in and dwelt among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron, - and built there an altar to Yahweh.
Genesis 23:14
And Ephron responded to Abraham, saying to him,
Genesis 23:15
My lord, hear me, - Land worth four hundred shekels of silver - betwixt me and thee, what is that? And thy dead., bur. thou.
Genesis 23:16
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth, - four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant,
Genesis 23:18
to Abraham as a purchase in the eyes of the sons of Heth, - with all who were entering the gate of his city.
Genesis 23:19
And after this, did Abraham bury Sarah his wife, within the cave of the field of Machpelah, over against Mamre, the same, is Hebron, - in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 27:41
And Esau lay in wait for Jacob, on account of the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him, - and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father draw near, when I can slay Jacob my brother.
Genesis 50:10
And they came in, as far as the threshing-floor of the Buckthorn, which is beyond the Jordan, then wailed they there - an exceeding great and grievous walling, - and he made for his father a mourning, of seven days.
Numbers 13:22
Yea they went up in the South and entered as far as Hebron, and there, were Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai descendants of the Anak. Now, Hebron, was built seven years, before Zoan of Egypt.
Numbers 20:29
And all the assembly saw that Aaron was dead; and they bewailed Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken,.... Ordered seven altars to be built, and prepared seven bullocks and rams for sacrifice:

and Balak and Balsam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram; both seem to be concerned in offering the sacrifices; Balak, though a king, it being usual for kings to be priests also, as Melchizedek was, and Balaam as a prophet; and these sacrifices were offered to the true God, as seems clear from Numbers 23:4 and to which Balak, at the direction of Balaam, agreed, in order to gain the Lord on his side, that he might prevail over the people of Israel.


 
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