Numbers 23:6

When Balaam returned to Balak, Balak was standing with the leaders from Moab beside the offerings he had burned on the altar.

Translation for Translators

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 Yahweh gave Balaam a message to give to King Balak. Then he said, “Go back and tell him what I told you.”

7This is the message that Balaam told them: “Balak, the King of Moab, summoned me to come here from Syria; he brought me here from the hills at the eastern side of Syria. He said, ‘Come and curse the descendants of Jacob for me, saying that bad things will happen to these Israeli people!’

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Cross References

Numbers 3:17Levi had three sons, whose names were Gershon, 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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