King James Version
Numbers 22:40 in the King James Version says “And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.”
Numbers 22:40 · KJV
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth . Kirjathhuzoth: or, a city of streets
And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“oxen”
H1241a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
“and sheep”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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