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Numbers 23:15 KJV
Numbers · chapter 23 · verse 15
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.Numbers 23:15 · King James Version
Numbers 23:15 in context
13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
14And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
17And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- offeringʻôlâha step orH5930 →
- BalakBâlâqBalak, a Moabitish kingH1111 →
- Standyâtsabto placeH3320 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- meetqârâhto light uponH7136 →
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Here is, I. Preparation made the second time, as before, for the cursing of Israel. 1. The place is changed, Num 23:13. Balak fancied that Balaam, having so full a prospect of the whole camp of Israel, from the top of the rocks (Num 23:9), was either so enamoured with the beauty of it that he would not curse them or…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-30