Numbers 23:3

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Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I’m gone. Maybe the Lord will come and meet with me. I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” Then Balaam went off to a higher place where there were no trees.

Cross References

Genesis 22:13

When Abraham looked around, he saw a ram behind him caught by its horns in a bush. So Abraham took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

Genesis 22:2

God said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will show you.”

Genesis 8:20

Noah built an altar to the Lord. On it he made a burnt offering of each type of clean  animal and clean bird.

Exodus 18:12

Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God. Aaron and all the leaders of Israel came to eat the meal with Moses’ father-in-law in God’s presence.

Leviticus 1:1

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

Numbers 23:12

Balaam answered, “I must say what the Lord tells me to say.”

Numbers 23:15

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet with God over there.”

Numbers 23:2

Balak did what Balaam told him, and 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 whatever the Lord says?”

Numbers 23:4

God came to him, and Balaam said, “I have set up seven altars, and I offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”

Numbers 24:1

When Balaam saw that the Lord wanted to bless Israel, he didn’t look for omens as he had done before. He turned toward the desert,

Matthew 4:8

Once more the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms in the world and their glory.

Joshua 24:10

But I refused to listen to Balaam. All he could do was bless you. So I saved you from his power.