NETBible KJV GRK-HEB XRef Arts Hymns
  Discovery Box

Numbers 23:1-3

Context
Balaam Blesses Israel

23:1 1 Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.” 23:2 So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each 2  altar a bull and a ram. 23:3 Balaam said to Balak, “Station yourself 3  by your burnt offering, and I will go off; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever he reveals to me 4  I will tell you.” 5  Then he went to a deserted height. 6 

Numbers 23:14

Context

23:14 So Balak brought Balaam 7  to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, 8  where 9  he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 23:28

Context
23:28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness. 10 

1 sn The first part of Balaam’s activity ends in disaster for Balak – he blesses Israel. The chapter falls into four units: the first prophecy (vv. 1-10), the relocation (vv. 11-17), the second prophecy (vv. 18-24), and a further location (vv. 25-30).

2 tn The Hebrew text has “on the altar,” but since there were seven of each animal and seven altars, the implication is that this means on each altar.

3 tn The verb הִתְיַצֵּב (hityatsev) means “to take a stand, station oneself.” It is more intentional than simply standing by something. He was to position himself by the sacrifice as Balaam withdrew to seek the oracle.

4 tn Heb “and the word of what he shows me.” The noun is in construct, and so the clause that follows functions as a noun clause in the genitive. The point is that the word will consist of divine revelation.

5 tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. This clause is dependent on the clause that precedes it.

6 sn He went up to a bald spot, to a barren height. The statement underscores the general belief that such tops were the closest things to the gods. On such heights people built their shrines and temples.

7 tn Heb “he brought him”; the referents (Balak and Balaam) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

8 tn Some scholars do not translate this word as “Pisgah,” but rather as a “lookout post” or an “elevated place.”

9 tn Heb “and he built.”

10 tn Or perhaps as a place name, “Jeshimon” (cf. 21:20).



TIP #07: Use the Discovery Box to further explore word(s) and verse(s). [ALL]
created in 0.07 seconds
powered by bible.org