Numbers 22:40

And Balak slew oxen and sheep, and sent to Bil'am and to the princes that were with him.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

In Context

39And Bil'am went with Balak, and they came unto Kiryath-chuzoth.

41And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Bil'am, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, and he saw thence a portion of the people.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:54Then Jacob slew some cattle upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night on the mount.

Numbers 23:14And he brought him to the field of the watchmen, on the top of Pisgah, and he built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Proverbs 1:16For their feet run after evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:37-41

Meeting between Balak and Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I… Read the whole commentary →

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