Numbers 23:25-30
English Standard Version
25 And Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all.” 26 But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, (A)‘All that the Lord says, that I must do’?” 27 And Balak said to Balaam, (B)“Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.” 28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of (C)Peor, which overlooks (D)the desert.[a] 29 And Balaam said to Balak, (E)“Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.” 30 (F)And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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- Numbers 23:28 Or Jeshimon
Numbers 23:25-30
International Standard Version
25 Then Balak told Balaam, “Don’t curse them or bless them!”
26 “Didn’t I tell you,” Balaam responded to Balak, “that I’ll say whatever the Lord tells me to say?”
Balaam’s Third Sacrifice
27 So Balak exhorted Balaam, “Let’s go right now! I’ll take you to another place. Maybe God will agree to have you curse them for me from there.” 28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount[a] Peor, which overlooks the open wilderness.[b]
29 Balaam told Balak, “Build seven altars for me right here. Then prepare seven bulls and seven rams.” 30 Balak did just what Balaam had instructed—he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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- Numbers 23:28 The Heb. lacks Mount
- Numbers 23:28 Lit. the Jeshimon; a desert wasteland not suitable for agriculture or human habitation
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