Numbers 22:40

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep and gave some to Balaam and the officials who were with him.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:14 : 14 So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah. There he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
  • Num 23:30 : 30 Balak did as Balaam said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.
  • Gen 31:54 : 54 Then Jacob sacrificed a offering on the mountain and invited his relatives to a meal. They ate and spent the night on the mountain.
  • Num 23:2 : 2 Balak did as Balaam said, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Num 23:1-7
    7 verses
    88%

    1 Balaam said to Balak, 'Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.'

    2 Balak did as Balaam said, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

    3 Balaam said to Balak, 'Stand beside your burnt offering while I go. Perhaps the LORD will meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.' Then he went to a barren height.

    4 God met with Balaam, and Balaam said to Him, 'I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have placed a bull and a ram.'

    5 The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, 'Go back to Balak and speak this to him.'

    6 He returned to Balak, and there he was, standing beside his burnt offering along with all the officials of Moab.

    7 Then Balaam uttered his oracle and said: 'From Aram Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: "Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel."'

  • Num 23:27-30
    4 verses
    86%

    27 Then Balak said to Balaam, 'Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.'

    28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.

    29 Balaam said to Balak, 'Build for me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.'

    30 Balak did as Balaam said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

  • Num 22:41
    84%

    41 The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, from where he could see the outskirts of the people.

  • Num 23:13-18
    6 verses
    82%

    13 Then Balak said to him, 'Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will see only a part of them, not all of them. From there, curse them for me.'

    14 So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah. There he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

    15 Balaam said to Balak, 'Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.'

    16 The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, 'Return to Balak and speak these words.'

    17 So Balaam returned to Balak, who was standing beside his burnt offering with the officials of Moab. Balak asked him, 'What did the LORD say?'

    18 Then Balaam proclaimed his oracle, saying: 'Stand up, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor!'

  • Num 22:7-10
    4 verses
    82%

    7 The elders of Moab and Midian left, taking with them payment for divination. They came to Balaam and told him Balak's message.

    8 Balaam said to them, 'Spend the night here, and I will bring back a word to you, as the LORD speaks to me.' So the Moabite leaders stayed with Balaam.

    9 Then God came to Balaam and asked, 'Who are these men with you?'

    10 Balaam said to God, 'Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent this message to me:

  • Num 22:35-39
    5 verses
    80%

    35 The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, 'Go with the men, but speak only what I tell you.' So Balaam went with Balak's officials.

    36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.

    37 Balak said to Balaam, 'Did I not send messengers to you to summon you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really unable to reward you?

    38 Balaam said to Balak, 'Well, I have come to you now. But I cannot say just anything. I must speak only what God puts in my mouth.'

    39 Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth.

  • Num 22:13-18
    6 verses
    79%

    13 The next morning, Balaam got up and said to Balak’s officials, 'Go back to your own country, for the LORD has refused to let me go with you.'

    14 So the Moabite leaders returned to Balak and said, 'Balaam refused to come with us.'

    15 Then Balak sent other officials, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.

    16 They came to Balaam and said to him, 'This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Please do not let anything prevent you from coming to me.'

    17 'For I will reward you very handsomely and will do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on these people for me.'

    18 But Balaam answered Balak's servants, 'Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD my God to do anything small or great.'

  • Num 22:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 Moab said to the elders of Midian, 'Now this horde will devour everything around us, like an ox eats the grass of the field.' At that time, Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab.

    5 He sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the river in the land of his people. They were to call him, saying, 'Look, a people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of the land and are settling next to me.'

  • Num 22:20-21
    2 verses
    76%

    20 That night God came to Balaam and said, 'Since these men have come to summon you, go with them. But do only what I tell you.'

    21 Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the Moabite officials.

  • Num 24:12
    75%

    12 Balaam answered Balak, 'Did I not tell your messengers that you sent to me,'

  • Num 22:2
    74%

    2 When Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,

  • Josh 24:9
    74%

    9 Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you.

  • Num 23:11
    74%

    11 Balak said to Balaam, 'What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!'

  • Num 24:25
    73%

    25 Then Balaam got up and returned to his home, and Balak also went on his way.

  • Josh 13:22
    73%

    22 In addition to those slain, the Israelites also killed Balaam son of Beor, the diviner, with the sword.

  • Num 23:25
    73%

    25 Then Balak said to Balaam, 'If you won’t curse them for me, then at least don’t bless them!'

  • Exod 24:5
    72%

    5 Then he sent young men of the Israelites, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD.

  • Num 25:2
    72%

    2 The women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

  • Num 24:10
    72%

    10 Then Balak's anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. He said to Balaam, 'I summoned you to curse my enemies, but instead, you have blessed them three times!'

  • Num 29:21
    71%

    21 Their grain offering and drink offerings, for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs shall be according to their numbers as prescribed.

Created by Digify•Powered by SQLExpert
© 2025 Bibelvers. All rights reserved.