Numbers 23:15
“And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.”
Numbers 23:15 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.
- DARBYDarby
- And Balaam said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- And he saith unto Balak, 'Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I ; I meet Him there;'
- BPVBiblePics Version
- He said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet the Lord over there."
Context: Numbers 23
13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
14And 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.
15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
17And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
About Numbers 23: Balaam's Oracles
Balaam's prophecies of the coming of a great leader, the Messiah.
Commentary
In Numbers 23, the Lord commands Balaam to bless the Israelites. Balaam is a non-Israelite prophet who is hired by Balak, the king of Moab, to curse the Israelites. However, God does not allow Balaam to do so, and instead commands him to bless the Israelites. Balaam obeys God and blesses the Israelites with a series of prophecies.