Numbers 23:30

Numbers 23:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
• New International Version (NIV)Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on every altar.

Context of Numbers 23:30

28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert. 29And Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.” Balak did just as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 23:30 word by word

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ בָּלָ֔ק כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר אָמַ֣ר בִּלְעָ֑ם וַיַּ֛עַל פָּ֥ר וָאַ֖יִל בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃Read the interlinear

• Balakבָּלָקbâlâq · BalakH1111
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• Balaamבִּלְעָםbil‛âm · BalaamH1109
• had saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• and offeredעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: offer upH5927
• upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: offer upH5927
• a bullפַּרpar pâr · bullockH6499
• and a ramאַ֫יִל'ayil · ramH352
• altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196

Cross-references for Numbers 23:30

• Numbers 22:13So Balaam got up in the morning and said to Balak’s representatives, “Go back to your land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
• Numbers 23:20Behold, I have received a command to bless; When He has blessed, I cannot revoke it.
• Numbers 31:16Behold, they caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to be unfaithful to the Lord in the matter of Peor, so that the plague took place among the congregation of the Lord!
• 1 Samuel 24:20Now, behold, I know that you will certainly be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
• 1 Samuel 26:2So Saul set out and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, taking with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph.
• Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.
• Numbers 23:3Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” So he went to a bare hill.
• Numbers 23:23For there is no magic curse against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done!

Commentaries on Numbers 23:30

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-30Verses 11-30 Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A second time the curse is turned into a blessing; and this blessing is both larger and stronger than the former. Men change their minds, and break their words; but God never changes his mind, and therefore never recalls his promise. And when in Scripture he is said to repent, it does not mean any…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-30Unhappy with Balaam's blessing, Balak hoped a new location would change the outcome. Although the exact location of Mount Peor is unknown, it was probably near a worship site for Baal of Peor and the Beth-peor (compare 25:3, 5). See Deuteronomy 3:29; 34:6 for where they buried Moses.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-301. Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars--Balak, being a heathen, would naturally suppose these altars were erected in honor of Baal, the patron deity of his country. It is evident, from Nu 23:4 that they were prepared for the worship of the true God; although in choosing the high places of Baal as their site and rearing a number of altars (2Ki 18:22; Is 17:8; Jr 11:13; Ho 8:11; 10:1), instead of one only, as God had appointed, Balaam blended…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 23:30

• Peor

In the dictionaries

• Balaam
• Count
• Abel-Shittim
• Balak
• Charm
• Divination
• Genealogy
• Magic; Magician
• Moses
• Numbers, Book of

Commentaries on Numbers 23

• 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