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Numbers 23:30

In Numbers 23 of Numbers.

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

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וַיַּ֣עַשׂvayaasand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and do”, the next action in the storyH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…בָּלָ֔קbalaqBalakבָּלָקnoun, proper name — “Balak”H1111Balak, a Moabitish kingBalak.כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רkaasheras becauseאֲשֶׁרpreposition, particle, relative — “as because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…אָמַ֣רamarsayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…בִּלְעָ֑םbilamBalaamבִּלְעָםnoun, proper name — “Balaam”H1109Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in PalestineBalaam, Bileam.וַיַּ֛עַלvayaaland ascend upעָלָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and ascend up”, the next action in the storyH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…פָּ֥רparbullפַּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bull”, the ordinary formH6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)([phrase] young) bull(-ock), calf, ox.וָאַ֖יִלvaayiland oakאַיִלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and oak”, the ordinary formH352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong treemighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַbamizbechain altarמִזְבֵּחַpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in altar”, the ordinary formH4196an altaraltar.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar.

World English Bible

Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laid on every altar, a calf and a ram.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Balac did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησε Βαλὰκ καθάπερ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαλαάμ, καί ἀνήνεγκε μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν.

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