Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Balak did as Balaam said, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar. New Living Translation Balak followed his instructions, and the two of them sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar. English Standard Version Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram. Berean Standard Bible So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. King James Bible And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. New King James Version And Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. New American Standard Bible Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar. NASB 1995 Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar. NASB 1977 And Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar. Legacy Standard Bible So Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar. Amplified Bible Balak did just as Balaam had said, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. Christian Standard Bible So Balak did as Balaam directed, and they offered a bull and a ram on each altar. Holman Christian Standard Bible So Balak did as Balaam directed, and they offered a bull and a ram on each altar. American Standard Version And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. Contemporary English Version After Balak had done this, they sacrificed a bull and a ram on each altar. English Revised Version And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. GOD'S WORD® Translation Balak did what Balaam told him, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar. Good News Translation Balak did as he was told, and he and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. International Standard Version So Balak did just as Balaam instructed. Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. Majority Standard Bible So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. NET Bible So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each altar a bull and a ram. New Heart English Bible Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram. Webster's Bible Translation And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. World English Bible Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Balak does as Balaam has spoken, and Balak—Balaam also—offers a bullock and a ram on the altar, Young's Literal Translation And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak -- Balaam also -- offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar, Smith's Literal Translation And Balak will do as Balsam spake, and Balak will bring up, and Balaam, a bullock and a ram upon the altar. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had acted according to the words of Balaam, they placed a calf and a ram together on each altar. New American Bible So Balak did as Balaam had ordered, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. New Revised Standard Version Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Balak did as Balaam had told him; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Balaq did as Balaam said to him and Balaam and Balaq offered up bulls and rams on the altar. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on every altar. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Balaam's First Oracle1Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.” 2So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. 3“Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,… Cross References Numbers 22:41 The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people. Numbers 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not seek omens as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness. 1 Kings 18:29-39 Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention. / Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down. / And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.” ... 1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. Isaiah 1:11 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. Micah 6:6-8 With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Psalm 51:16-17 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Jeremiah 7:21-23 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! / For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. Amos 5:21-24 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ... Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Matthew 12:7 If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. Hebrews 10:4-10 because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. / Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. ... Mark 12:33 and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Treasury of Scripture And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. offered Numbers 23:14,30 And 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… Jump to Previous Altar Balaam Bull Bullock Male Offered Offereth Offering Ox Ram SheepJump to Next Altar Balaam Bull Bullock Male Offered Offereth Offering Ox Ram SheepNumbers 23 1. Balak's sacrificesSo Balak did The phrase indicates obedience and action taken by Balak, the Moabite king. In the Hebrew context, the word for "did" (עָשָׂה, 'asah) often implies not just action but completion of a task. This reflects Balak's desperation and willingness to follow Balaam's instructions to the letter, hoping to secure a curse against Israel. Historically, this obedience underscores the ancient Near Eastern practice of kings seeking divine favor or intervention through prophets or seers. as Balaam had instructed and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar Hebrew So Balakבָּלָ֔ק (bā·lāq) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1111: Balak -- 'devastator', a Moabite king did וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make as כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that Balaam בִּלְעָ֑ם (bil·‘ām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1109: Balaam -- a prophet had directed, דִּבֶּ֣ר (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue and Balak בָּלָ֧ק (bā·lāq) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1111: Balak -- 'devastator', a Moabite king and Balaam וּבִלְעָ֛ם (ū·ḇil·‘ām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1109: Balaam -- a prophet offered וַיַּ֨עַל (way·ya·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively a bull פָּ֥ר (pār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer and a ram וָאַ֖יִל (wā·’a·yil) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 352: Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree on each altar. בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ (bam·miz·bê·aḥ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4196: An altar Links Numbers 23:2 NIVNumbers 23:2 NLT Numbers 23:2 ESV Numbers 23:2 NASB Numbers 23:2 KJV Numbers 23:2 BibleApps.com Numbers 23:2 Biblia Paralela Numbers 23:2 Chinese Bible Numbers 23:2 French Bible Numbers 23:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 23:2 Balak did as Balaam had spoken (Nu Num.) |