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Numbers 23:3 KJV
Numbers · chapter 23 · verse 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 sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.Numbers 23:3 · King James Version
Numbers 23:3 in context
1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
4And 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.
5And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- whatsoeverdâbâra wordH1697 →
- offeringʻôlâha step orH5930 →
- BalaamBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophetH1109 →
- BalakBâlâqBalak, a Moabitish kingH1111 →
- Standyâtsabto placeH3320 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Here is, I. Great preparation made for the cursing of Israel. That which was aimed at was to engage the God of Israel to forsake them, and either to be on Moab's side or to stand neuter.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12