English Standard Version
Numbers 22:40
40And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent for Balaam and for the princes who were with him.
Numbers 22:40 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
- New International Version (NIV)Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and gave some to Balaam and the officials who were with him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Balak offered oxen and sheep, and he sent some to Balaam and to the princes who were with him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)where the king sacrificed cattle and sheep. He sent portions of the meat to Balaam and the officials who were with him.
Context of Numbers 22:40
38Balaam said to Balak, "Behold, I have come to you! Have I now any power of my own to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak." 39Then Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth. And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent for Balaam and for the princes who were with him. 41And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and from there he saw a fraction of the people.
Read all of Numbers 22Numbers 22:40 word by word
וַיִּזְבַּ֥ח בָּלָ֖ק בָּקָ֣ר וָצֹ֑אן וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח לְבִלְעָ֔ם וְלַשָּׂרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 22:40
- Numbers 23:2Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
- Genesis 31:54and Jacob offered a sacrifice in the hill country and called his kinsmen to eat bread. They ate bread and spent the night in the hill country.
- Proverbs 1:16for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
Commentaries on Numbers 22:40
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40And Balak offered oxen, etc. - This was to gain the favor of his gods, and perhaps to propitiate Jehovah, that the end for which he had sent for Balaam might be accomplished.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-41Verses 36-41 Balak has now nothing to complain of, but that Balaam did not come sooner. Balaam bids Balak not depend too much upon him. He seems to speak with vexation; but is really as desirous to please Balak, as ever he had pretended to be to please God. See what need we have to pray every day, Our Father which art in heaven, lead us not into temptation. Let us be jealous over our own hearts, seeing how far men may go in the knowledge of God, and yet…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39-41Balak tried to get Balaam to curse Israel. First, he used a ceremonial offering and meal to summon the gods and Balaam. Then, he took Balaam to view the Israelite camp. Kiriath-huzoth is an unknown location.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4040. Balak offered oxen and sheep--made preparations for a grand entertainment to Balaam and the princes of Midian.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Numbers 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
English Standard Version — © 2001 Crossway Bibles
Commentaries