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Numbers 23:15

Numbers 23:15 is verse 15 of Numbers chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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King James Version

And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

World English Bible

He said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet God over there.”

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Numbers 23:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”

14 So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where 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 And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”

17 So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Numbers 23:3

“Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,

Numbers 22:8

“Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

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