Numbers 23:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering while I go over there. Perhaps the Lord will meet me, and then I will tell you whatever he lets me see.” And so he went out on the barren height.

Cross References

Genesis 22:13

Abraham looked up and saw a single ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son.

Genesis 22:2

Then God said: Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There offer him up as a burnt offering on one of the heights that I will point out to you.

Genesis 8:20

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and choosing from every clean animal and every clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Exodus 18:12

Then Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to share with Moses’ father-in-law in the meal before God. Appointment of Minor Judges.

Leviticus 1:1

The Lord called Moses, and spoke to him from the tent of meeting:

Numbers 23:12

Balaam replied, “Is it not what the Lord puts in my mouth that I take care to repeat?” The Second Oracle.

Numbers 23:15

Balaam then said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I seek a meeting over there.”

Numbers 23:2

So Balak did as Balaam had ordered, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 23:26

But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘Everything the Lord tells me I must do’?” The Third Oracle.

Numbers 23:4

Then God met Balaam, and Balak said to him: “I have erected the seven altars, and have offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”

Numbers 24:1

Balaam, however, perceiving that the Lord was pleased to bless Israel, did not go aside as before to seek omens, but turned his gaze toward the wilderness.

Matthew 4:8

Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence,

Joshua 24:10

but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his power.