Numeri 23:2

2 E Balac fece come Balaam avea detto; e Balac e Balaam offersero un giovenco e un montone, sopra ciascuno 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.

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Numeri 23:2 In-Context

1 E Balaam disse a Balac: Edificami qui sette altari, e apparecchiami qui sette giovenchi, e sette montoni.
2 E Balac fece come Balaam avea detto; e Balac e Balaam offersero un giovenco e un montone, sopra ciascuno altare.
3 E Balaam disse a Balac: Fermati presso al tuo olocausto, e io andrò; forse mi si farà il Signore incontro, e ciò ch’egli mi avrà fatto vedere, io tel rapporterò. Ed egli se ne andò sopra un’alta cima di un monte.
4 E Iddio si fece incontro a Balaam; e Balaam gli disse: Io ho ordinati sette altari, e ho offerto un giovenco e un montone, sopra ciascuno altare
5 Allora il Signore mise la parola in bocca a Balaam, e gli disse: Ritorna a Balac, e parla così.
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