Numbers 23:15

15 He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him.

Numbers 23:15 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 23:15

And he said unto Balak, stand here by thy burnt offering
As he had before directed him, ( Numbers 23:3 )

while I meet the Lord yonder;
pointing to some place at a little distance, where he expected to meet the Lord, and have some instructions from him, which he seemed confident of, having met with him once already.

Numbers 23:15 In-Context

13 Balac therefore said: Come with me to another place from whence thou mayest see part of Israel, and canst not see them all: curse them from thence.

14 And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram

15 He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him.

16 And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him.

17 Returning he found him standing by his burnt sacrifice, and the princes of the Moabites with him. And Balac said to him: What hath the Lord spoken?