Numbers 23:3

New Living Translation

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offerings, and I will go to see if the Lord will respond to me. Then I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” So Balaam went alone to the top of a bare hill,

Cross References

Genesis 22:13

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

Genesis 22:2

“Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

Genesis 8:20

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and birds that had been approved for that purpose.

Exodus 18:12

Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God. Aaron and all the elders of Israel came out and joined him in a sacrificial meal in God’s presence.

Leviticus 1:1

The Lord called to Moses from the Tabernacle and said to him,

Numbers 23:12

But Balaam replied, “I will speak only the message that the Lord puts in my mouth.”

Numbers 23:15

Then Balaam said to the king, “Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go over there to meet the Lord.”

Numbers 23:2

Balak followed his instructions, and the two of them sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 23:26

But Balaam replied to Balak, “Didn’t I tell you that I can do only what the Lord tells me?”

Numbers 23:4

and God met him there. Balaam said to him, “I have prepared seven altars and have sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.”

Numbers 24:1

By now Balaam realized that the Lord was determined to bless Israel, so he did not resort to divination as before. Instead, he turned and looked out toward the wilderness,

Matthew 4:8

Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

Joshua 24:10

but I would not listen to him. Instead, I made Balaam bless you, and so I rescued you from Balak.