Numbers 23:15

15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [Jehovah] yonder.

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 And 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.

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

15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [Jehovah] yonder.

16 And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

17 And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?