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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.

And Balaam {H1109} said {H559} unto Balak {H1111}, Stand {H3320} by thy burnt offering {H5930}, and I will go {H3212}: peradventure the LORD {H3068} will come {H7136} to meet {H7125} me: and whatsoever {H1697} he sheweth {H7200} me I will tell {H5046} thee. And he went {H3212} to an high place {H8205}.

Bil'am said to Balak, "Stand by your burnt offering while I go off; maybe ADONAI will come and meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you." He went off to a bare hill.

“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,

And 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.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 23:15 (5 votes)

    And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.

  • Genesis 22:2 (3 votes)

    And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

  • Numbers 24:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

  • Genesis 22:7 (3 votes)

    And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where [is] the lamb for a burnt offering?

  • Genesis 22:8 (3 votes)

    And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

  • Numbers 22:31 (3 votes)

    Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

  • Numbers 22:35 (3 votes)

    And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.