Numeri 23:2

2 Balak fece come Balaam avea detto e Balak e Balaam offrirono un giovenco e un montone su ciascun altare.

Numeri 23:2 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 23:2

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken
Ordered seven altars to be built, and prepared seven bullocks and rams for sacrifice:

and Balak and Balsam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram;
both seem to be concerned in offering the sacrifices; Balak, though a king, it being usual for kings to be priests also, as Melchizedek was, and Balaam as a prophet; and these sacrifices were offered to the true God, as seems clear from ( Numbers 23:4 ) and to which Balak, at the direction of Balaam, agreed, in order to gain the Lord on his side, that he might prevail over the people of Israel.

Numeri 23:2 In-Context

1 Balaam disse a Balak: "Edificami qui sette altari e preparami qui sette giovenchi e sette montoni".

2 Balak fece come Balaam avea detto e Balak e Balaam offrirono un giovenco e un montone su ciascun altare.

3 E Balaam disse a Balak: "Stattene presso al tuo olocausto, e io andrò: forse l’Eterno mi verrà incontro; e quei che mi avrà fatto vedere, te lo riferirò". E se ne andò sopra una nuda altura.

4 E Dio si fece incontro a Balaam, e Balaam gli disse: "Io ho preparato i sette altari, ed ho offerto un giovenco e un montone su ciascun altare"

5 Allora l’Eterno mise delle parole in bocca a Balaam e gli disse: "Torna da Balak, e parla così".