Passage

Numbers 23.1

Book: Numbers · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams."

"2. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3. And 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 23:1-3, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

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

"2. Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram. 3. Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” He went to a bare height." (Numbers 23:1-3, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams."

"2. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3. 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}" (Numbers 23:1-3, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. And Balaam saith unto Balak, 'Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams.'"

"2. And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak, Balaam also, offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar, 3. and Balaam saith to Balak, 'Station thyself by thy burnt-offering and I go on, it may be Jehovah doth come to meet me, and the thing which He sheweth me, I have declared to thee;' and he goeth [to] a high place." (Numbers 23:1-3, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Notes

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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