Balaam’s First Oracle
Numbers 23:2
In 11 translations
- BSB
- So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
- KJV
- And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
- WEB
- Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
- ASV
- And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
- LSV
- And Balak does as Balaam has spoken, and Balak—Balaam also—offers a bullock and a ram on the altar,
- YLT
- And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak — Balaam also — offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar,
- DBY
- And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.
- DRC
- And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar.
- GNV
- And Balak did as Balaam sayd, and Balak and Balaam offred on euery altar a bullocke and a ramme.
- JPS
- And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
- LXXE
- And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on every altar.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיַּ֣עַשׂ בָּלָ֔ק כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֣ר בִּלְעָ֑ם וַיַּ֨עַל בָּלָ֧ק וּבִלְעָ֛ם פָּ֥ר וָאַ֖יִל בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐποίησε Βαλὰκ ὃν τρόπον εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαλαάμ· καὶ ἀνήνεγκε μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
MoabitesBalakAbel-ShittimCharmMagic; MagicianPoetry, HebrewWorldlinessNumbers, Book ofDivinationProphecy; Prophets
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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.
- Numbers 23:30So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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