Numbers 23:3
Cross References

And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.

Matthew 4:8
Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,

Numbers 23:2
And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar.

Numbers 23:4
And when he was gone with speed, God met him. And Balaam speaking to him, said: I have erected seven altars, and have laid on everyone a calf and a ram.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.

Stand

Numbers 23:15 He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him.

burnt

Genesis 8:20 And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar.

Genesis 22:2,7,8,13 He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision; and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will shew thee. . . .

Exodus 18:12 So Jethro, the kinsman of Moses, offered holocausts and sacrifices to God: and Aaron and all the ancients of Israel came, to eat bread with him before God.

Leviticus 1:1 And the Lord called Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of the testimony, saying:

peradventure

Numbers 23:15 He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him.

Numbers 22:8,9,31-35 He answered: Tarry here this night and I will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him: . . .

Numbers 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel, he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert,

went to an high place.

Context
Balaam's First Oracle
2And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar. 3And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.4And when he was gone with speed, God met him. And Balaam speaking to him, said: I have erected seven altars, and have laid on everyone a calf and a ram.…
Lexicon
“Stay
הִתְיַצֵּב֮ (hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand

here by
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your burnt offering
עֹלָתֶךָ֒ (‘ō·lā·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5930: Whole burnt offering

while I am gone,”
וְאֵֽלְכָ֗ה (wə·’ê·lə·ḵāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

Balaam
בִּלְעָ֜ם (bil·‘ām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1109: Balaam -- a prophet

said
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to Balak.
לְבָלָ֗ק (lə·ḇā·lāq)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1111: Balak -- 'devastator', a Moabite king

“Perhaps
אוּלַ֞י (’ū·lay)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 194: Perhaps

the LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will meet with me.
לִקְרָאתִ֔י (liq·rā·ṯî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way

And whatever
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

He reveals to me,
יַּרְאֵ֖נִי (yar·’ê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

I will tell
וְהִגַּ֣דְתִּי (wə·hig·gaḏ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous

you.”
לָ֑ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

So [Balaam] went off
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

to a barren height,
שֶֽׁפִי׃ (še·p̄î)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8205: Bareness, a smooth or bare height


Additional Translations
“Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatever he shows me I will tell you. And he went to an high place.

And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.

And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall shew me, I will report to thee. And Balac stood by his sacrifice.

And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill.

And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.

And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: it may be the LORD will come to meet me: and whatever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a high place.

Balaam said to Balak, "Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you." He went to a bare height.

and Balaam saith to Balak, 'Station thyself by thy burnt-offering and I go on, it may be Jehovah doth come to meet me, and the thing which He sheweth me -- I have declared to thee;' and he goeth to a high place.
Jump to Previous
Balak Bare Burnt Height High Hill Meet Offering Open Peradventure Perhaps Reveals Shews Showeth Shows Stand Station Thyself Whatever Whatsoever Word
Jump to Next
Balak Bare Burnt Height High Hill Meet Offering Open Peradventure Perhaps Reveals Shews Showeth Shows Stand Station Thyself Whatever Whatsoever Word
Links
Numbers 23:3 NIV
Numbers 23:3 NLT
Numbers 23:3 ESV
Numbers 23:3 NASB
Numbers 23:3 KJV

Numbers 23:3 Bible Apps
Numbers 23:3 Biblia Paralela
Numbers 23:3 Chinese Bible
Numbers 23:3 French Bible
Numbers 23:3 German Bible

Alphabetical: a and aside Balaam Balak bare barren beside burnt come go he height here hill I LORD me meet off offering Perhaps reveals said shows So Stand Stay tell the Then to went Whatever while will with you your

OT Law: Numbers 23:3 Balaam said to Balak Stand by your (Nu Num.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Numbers 23:2
Top of Page
Top of Page