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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

1Then said Balaam unto Balak: Build me here seven altars,—and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams.

3Then 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.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:14And he took him to the field of Zophim, unto the head of Pisgah,—and built seven altars, and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 23:30And Balak did as Balaam said,—and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

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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