King James Version
Numbers 23:2 in the King James Version says “And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.”
Numbers 23:2 · KJV
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
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. to an: or, solitary
And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“had spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“offered”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“a bullock”
H6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
“and a ram”
H352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically an oak or other strong tree
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