Parallel Verses English Standard Version and God met Balaam. And Balaam said to him, “I have arranged the seven altars and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.” King James Bible And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. American Standard Version And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. Douay-Rheims Bible And when he was gone with speed, God met him. And Balaam speaking to him, said: I have erected seven altars, and have laid on everyone a calf and a ram. English Revised Version And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. Webster's Bible Translation And God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. Numbers 23:4 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentHe then went with Balak to Kirjath-Chuzoth, where the king had oxen and sheep slaughtered in sacrifice, and sent flesh to Balaam as well as to the princes that were with him for a sacrificial meal, to do honour to the soothsayer thereby. The sacrifices were not so much thank-offerings for Balaam's happy arrival, as supplicatory offerings for the success of the undertaking before them. "This is evident," as Hengstenberg correctly observes, "from the place and time of their presentation; for the place was not that where Balak first met with Balaam, and they were only presented on the eve of the great event." Moreover, they were offered unquestionably not to the Moabitish idols, from which Balak expected no help, but to Jehovah, whom Balak wished to draw away, in connection with Balaam, from His own people (Israel), that he might secure His favour to the Moabites. The situation of Kirjath-Chuzoth, which is only mentioned here, cannot be determined with absolute certainty. As Balak went with Balaam to Bamoth-baal on the morning following the sacrificial meal, which was celebrated there, Kirjath-Chuzoth cannot have been very far distant. Knobel conjectures, with some probability, that it may have been the same as Kerioth (Jeremiah 48:24), i.e., Kereijat or Krriat, at the foot of Jebel Attarus, at the top of which Bamoth-baal was situated (see at Numbers 21:19). Treasury of Scripture Knowledge God Numbers 22:9,20 And God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you... I have prepared Luke 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. Cross References Numbers 23:3 And Balaam said to Balak, "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And he went to a bare height, Numbers 23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak." Jump to Previous Altar Altars Arranged Balaam Bull Bullock Disposed Male Met Offer Offered Offering Ox Prepared Ram Ready SevenJump to Next Altar Altars Arranged Balaam Bull Bullock Disposed Male Met Offer Offered Offering Ox Prepared Ram Ready SevenLinks Numbers 23:4 NIVNumbers 23:4 NLT Numbers 23:4 ESV Numbers 23:4 NASB Numbers 23:4 KJV Numbers 23:4 Bible Apps Numbers 23:4 Biblia Paralela Numbers 23:4 Chinese Bible Numbers 23:4 French Bible Numbers 23:4 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |