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Numbers 23:4-6
New English Translation
Numbers 23:4-6
New English Translation
4 Then God met Balaam, who[a] said to him, “I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.” 5 Then the Lord put a message[b] in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”[c]
6 So he returned to him, and he was still[d] standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.
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- Numbers 23:4 tn The relative pronoun is added here in place of the conjunction to clarify that Balaam is speaking to God and not vice versa.
- Numbers 23:5 tn Heb “word.”
- Numbers 23:5 tn Heb “and thus you shall speak.”
- Numbers 23:6 tn The Hebrew text draws the vividness of the scene with the deictic particle הִנֵּה (hinneh)—Balaam returned, and there he was, standing there.
Numbers 23:4-6
New International Version
Numbers 23:4-6
New International Version
4 God met with him,(A) and Balaam said, “I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
5 The Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth(B) and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”(C)
6 So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials.(D)
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