Numbers 23:15

15 Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here beside your offering. I'll meet with the LORD over there."

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 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Come with me to another place. You can see the people of Israel from there. You will see only some of them. You won't see all of them. From there, put a curse on them for me."

14 So Balak took Balaam to the field of Zophim. It was on the highest slopes of Pisgah. There he built seven altars. He offered a bull and a ram on each altar

15 Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here beside your offering. I'll meet with the LORD over there."

16 The LORD met with Balaam. He put a message in Balaam's mouth. The LORD said, "Go back to Balak. Give him my message."

17 So he went to him. He found him standing beside his offering. The princes of Moab were with him. Balak asked him, "What did the LORD say?"