Numbers 23:6

Returning, he found Balak standing next to his holocaust, with all the leaders of the Moabites.

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In The King James Version

And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

In Context

5Then the Lord placed the word in his mouth, and he said: “Return to Balak, and you shall say this.”

7And taking up his parable, he said: “Balak, king of the Moabites, has led me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. ‘Come forth,’ he said, ‘and curse Jacob. Hurry and condemn Israel.’

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Cross References

Numbers 3:17and there were found the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:2-13

Balaam Constrained to Bless Israel; The Blessing Pronounced on Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. 4 And God met Balaam: and he… Read the whole commentary →

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