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Numbers 23:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 23:3

Verse 3 of 30

Scripture focus

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.

Numbers 23:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 23:3

Theological / Devotional

Stand by thy burnt offering. To tend to it.

Peradventure. Balaam could only hope the Lord would condescend to meet him, for he knew that what was in his heart was contrary to God’s mind.

High. Literally, “bare,” “smooth,” “level.” The verb root means “to make level,” “to smooth,” “to plane off,” “to make bare.” Balaam desired to be alone; he was already on a “high place,” where the altars were built.

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