Numbers 23:2
What does Numbers 23:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 23:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak--Balaam also--offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.
Context
v.1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
v.2This passage
v.3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 23:14
And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
- Numbers 23:30
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
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