The Meaning of Numbers 23:2 Explained

Numbers 23:2

KJV: And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

YLT: And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak -- Balaam also -- offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar,

Darby: And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar.

ASV: And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Balak  did  as Balaam  had spoken;  and Balak  and Balaam  offered  on [every] altar  a bullock  and a ram. 

What does Numbers 23:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 23:1-12 - A Blessing Instead Of A Curse
Notice the position of these chapters, preceding the awful story of Baal-peor. Presently the Israelites will be perpetrating such terrible sins that it might seem impossible for God to continue to acknowledge them; yet here God stands for them and restrains the spirit of evil. He will take their chastisement, when needed, into his own hands.
With all his might Balaam strove to earn the royal gifts. Ah, thought he, that I could really feel that I was the organ of the divine malediction! But he could not feel in his heart that God's spirit was urging him in the direction that Balak wished. The stream of destiny was not running that way. On the contrary, he could forge no weapon against Israel that could prosper, and when he tried to raise his tongue in judgment against the people of God he was condemned. It was as if God said, "Touch not mine anointed." Psalms 105:15; Isaiah 54:17; Romans 8:31. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 23

1  Balak's sacrifices

What do the individual words in Numbers 23:2 mean?

And did Balak just as had spoken Balaam and offered Balak and Balaam a bull and a ram on [each] altar
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ בָּלָ֔ק כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֣ר בִּלְעָ֑ם וַיַּ֨עַל בָּלָ֧ק וּבִלְעָ֛ם פָּ֥ר וָאַ֖יִל בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ  And  did 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
בָּלָ֔ק  Balak 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּלָק  
Sense: a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel.
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר  just  as 
Parse: Preposition-k, Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
דִּבֶּ֣ר  had  spoken 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
בִּלְעָ֑ם  Balaam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּלְעָם 
Sense: the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy.
וַיַּ֨עַל  and  offered 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
בָּלָ֧ק  Balak 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּלָק  
Sense: a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel.
וּבִלְעָ֛ם  and  Balaam 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּלְעָם 
Sense: the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy.
פָּ֥ר  a  bull 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פַּר  
Sense: .
וָאַ֖יִל  and  a  ram 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַיִל 
Sense: ram.
בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ  on  [each]  altar 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְבֵּחַ  
Sense: altar.

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