Sacrilo

enEnglishchecktrTürkçeesEspañolptPortuguêsfrFrançaisdeDeutschzh中文ruРусскийja日本語ko한국어viTiếng ViệtthไทยplPolskiukУкраїнськаhuMagyarcsČeštinasrСрпскиslSlovenščinasqShqiplvLatviešuetEestinlNederlandsnbNorskdaDansksvSvenskafiSuomiitItalianoheעבריתhrHrvatskilaLatinaarالعربية

DASHBOARD

dashboardOverviewmenu_bookRead the Biblelocal_libraryBooksquizDaily Quizevent_noteMy PlansbookmarksBookmarks

STUDY TOOLS

searchSearchcompare_arrowsBible Comparison
menu_book

Numbers Chapter 23

ASV
arrow_backPrevious ChapterNext Chapterarrow_forward
NUMBERS

Numbers 23

1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Numbers 23:29, Numbers 23:29, Proverbs 15:8, Jude 1:11, 1 Samuel 15:22
2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
Numbers 23:14, Numbers 23:30, Numbers 23:14, Numbers 23:30
3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.
Numbers 23:15, Numbers 23:15, Genesis 22:2, Numbers 24:1, Genesis 22:7
4And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Numbers 23:16, Numbers 23:16, Luke 18:12, Ephesians 2:9, Luke 18:12
5And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Deuteronomy 18:18, Jeremiah 1:9, Deuteronomy 18:18, Jeremiah 1:9, Isaiah 59:21
6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
Numbers 23:18, Numbers 22:5, Numbers 22:6, Numbers 24:3, Deuteronomy 23:4
8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
Numbers 23:23, Numbers 23:23, Numbers 23:20, Isaiah 44:25, Numbers 23:20
9For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Deuteronomy 33:28, Deuteronomy 33:28, Deuteronomy 32:8, Exodus 33:16, Deuteronomy 32:8
10Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Psalms 37:37, Psalms 37:37, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 13:16, Psalms 116:15
11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
Nehemiah 13:2, Nehemiah 13:2, Numbers 24:10, Numbers 24:10, Psalms 109:17
12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?
Numbers 22:38, Numbers 22:38, Numbers 23:26, Numbers 23:20, Numbers 24:13
13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
Psalms 109:17, James 3:9, James 3:10, Psalms 109:17, James 3:9
14And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Numbers 23:1, Numbers 23:2, Numbers 23:1, Numbers 23:2, Isaiah 46:6
15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.
Numbers 23:3, Numbers 23:3, Numbers 22:8, Numbers 22:8
16And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
Numbers 23:5, Numbers 23:5, Numbers 22:35, Numbers 24:1, Numbers 22:35
17And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?
Numbers 23:26, Jeremiah 37:17, 1 Samuel 3:17, Numbers 23:26, Jeremiah 37:17
18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Judges 3:20, Judges 3:20
19God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
1 Samuel 15:29, 1 Samuel 15:29, James 1:17, James 1:17, Malachi 3:6
20Behold, I have receivedcommandmentto bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
John 10:27, John 10:29, John 10:27, John 10:29, Numbers 22:12
21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.
Psalms 23:4, Psalms 23:4, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 1:23, Jeremiah 50:20
22God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.
Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 33:17, Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 33:17, Job 39:9
23Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
Luke 10:18, Luke 10:19, Luke 10:18, Luke 10:19, Joshua 13:22
24Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.
Genesis 49:9, Genesis 49:9, Genesis 49:27, Genesis 49:27, Zechariah 12:6
25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
Psalms 2:1, Psalms 2:3, Psalms 2:1, Psalms 2:3
26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?
Acts 5:29, Acts 5:29, Numbers 22:18, Numbers 22:18, 2 Chronicles 18:13
27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
Romans 11:29, Romans 11:29, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 46:11
28And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
Numbers 21:20, Numbers 21:20, Psalms 106:28, Psalms 106:28
29And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Numbers 23:1, Numbers 23:2, Numbers 23:1, Numbers 23:2
30And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Compare Translations

Compare American Standard Version with King James Version side-by-side to understand the meaning.

compare_arrowsCompare Now

Chapter Topics

Unicorn (Wild Ox)
Animals
Unicorn (Wild Ox)

Other Books

NumbersDeuteronomyJoshua+
auto_storiesChapter Analysis & Study Guide

What Does Numbers 23 Mean?

Numbers 23 records the first two of Balaam's four oracles over Israel. Balak takes Balaam to several high places, building seven altars at each, hoping to find a vantage point wher...

Deep theological analysis & key themes

articleRead Full Chapter Summaryarrow_forward

Chapter Topics

Unicorn (Wild Ox)
Animals
Unicorn (Wild Ox)

Other Books

NumbersCh 23
DeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuthI Samuel
All Booksarrow_forward
auto_storiesSacrilo
Bible PlantsBible PlacesBible AnswersBible AnimalsBible Characters

Sacrilo

AboutContactBible App

Connect

© 2026 Sacrilo.

Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceCookies
auto_stories

Latest Answers

What Is the Kingdom of God?
read_more

What Is the Kingdom of God?

What Is the Final Judgment?
read_more

What Is the Final Judgment?

What Is the Bible’s View of Love?
read_more

What Is the Bible’s View of Love?

What Is Teleology in Theology?
read_more

What Is Teleology in Theology?

What Is Continuous Creation (Creatio Continua)?
read_more

What Is Continuous Creation (Creatio Continua)?

What Is the Lord’s Supper / Communion?
read_more

What Is the Lord’s Supper / Communion?

View Allarrow_forward