Numbers 23:2

And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

In Context

1And Balaam said to Balac: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.

3And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:14And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram,

Numbers 23:30Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laid on every altar, a calf and a ram.

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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