Numbers 23:2

Listen to Numbers 23:2
2 Balak did what Balaam told him, and the two of them 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.

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Numbers 23:2 In-Context

1 Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me."
2 Balak did what Balaam told him, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
3 Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here beside your burnt offering while I'm gone. Maybe the LORD will come and meet with me. I will tell you whatever he reveals to me." Then Balaam went off to a higher place where there were no trees.
4 God came to him, and Balaam said, "I have set up seven altars, and I offered a bull and a ram on each altar."
5 The LORD told Balaam, "Go back to Balak, and give him my message."
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