Numbers 23:3 - New International Reader's Version

³ Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering. I’ll go and try to find out what the Lord wants me to do. Maybe he’ll come and meet with me. Then I’ll tell you what he says to me.” So Balaam went off to a bare hilltop.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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 an high place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me; and whatever He shows me I will tell you. And he went to a bare height.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ Balaam said to Balak, “Stay by your entirely burned offering. I will go and perhaps the LORD will grant me an appearance and speak. Whatever he shows me, I will tell you.” Then he went off to a high outlook.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And Balaam said to Balak: "Stand for a little while next to your holocaust, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet with me. And whatever he will command, I shall speak to you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ 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.

Numbers 23:3 Cross References

Genesis 22:13

Abraham looked around. There in a bush he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram. He sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Genesis 22:2

Then God said, “Take your son, your only son. He is the one you love. Take Isaac. Go to the place called Moriah. Give your son to me there as a burnt offering. Sacrifice him on the mountain I will show you.”

Genesis 8:20

Then Noah built an altar to honor the Lord. He took some of the “clean” animals and birds. He sacrificed them on the altar as burnt offerings.

Exodus 18:12

Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God. Aaron came with all the elders of Israel. They ate a meal with Moses’ father-in-law in the sight of God.

Leviticus 1:1

The Lord called out to Moses. He spoke to him from the tent of meeting. He said,

Numbers 23:12

He answered, “I have to speak only the words the Lord puts in my mouth.”

Numbers 23:15

Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering. I’ll meet with the Lord over there.”

Numbers 23:2

Balak did just as Balaam said. The two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 23:26

Balaam answered, “Didn’t I tell you that I must do only what the Lord says?”

Numbers 23:4

God met with him there. Balaam said, “I’ve prepared seven altars. On each altar I’ve offered a bull and a ram.”

Numbers 24:1

Balaam saw that the Lord was pleased to give his blessing to Israel. So he didn’t try to use evil magic as he had done at other times. Instead, he turned and looked toward the desert.

Matthew 4:8

Finally, the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain. He showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

Joshua 24:10

But I would not listen to Balaam’s curses. So he blessed you again and again. And I saved you from his power.