Numbers 23:2

2 Balak did as Bil'am said; then Balak and Bil'am offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 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.

Numbers 23:2 In-Context

1 Bil'am said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare me seven bulls and seven rams here."

2 Balak did as Bil'am said; then Balak and Bil'am offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

3 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.

4 God met Bil'am, who said to him, "I prepared the seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

5 Then ADONAI put a word in Bil'am's mouth and said, "Go on back to Balak, and speak as I tell you."