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The Angel and Balaam’s Donkey

Numbers 22:40

In 11 translations

BSB
Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he gave portions to Balaam and the princes who were with him.
KJV
And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
WEB
Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
ASV
And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
LSV
and Balak sacrifices oxen and sheep, and sends [some] to Balaam and to the princes who [are] with him;
YLT
and Balak sacrificeth oxen and sheep, and sendeth to Balaam, and to the princes who [are] with him;
DBY
And Balak offered oxen and small cattle, and sent to Balaam and to the princes that were with him.
DRC
And when Balac had killed oxen and sheep, he sent presents to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
GNV
Then Balak offred bullockes, and sheepe, and sent thereof to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
JPS
And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
LXXE
And Balac offered sheep and calves, and sent to Balaam and to his princes who were with him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּזְבַּ֥ח בָּלָ֖ק בָּקָ֣ר וָצֹ֑אן וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח לְבִלְעָ֔ם וְלַשָּׂרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔθυσε Βαλὰκ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχους, καὶ ἀπέστειλε τῷ Βαλαὰμ καὶ τοῖς ἄρχουσι τοῖς μετʼ αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 23:14So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
  • Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
  • Numbers 23:2So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
  • Numbers 23:30So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
  • Genesis 31:54Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

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