Numbers 23:15
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He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him.

Numbers 23:3 And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.

Numbers 22:8 He answered: Tarry here this night and I will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him:

Context
Balaam's Second Oracle
14And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram, 15He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him.16And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him.…
Cross References
Numbers 23:14
And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram,

Numbers 23:16
And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him.

Lexicon
Balaam said
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Balak,
בָּלָ֔ק (bā·lāq)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1111: Balak -- 'devastator', a Moabite king

“Stay
הִתְיַצֵּ֥ב (hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand

here
כֹּ֖ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

beside
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your burnt offering
עֹלָתֶ֑ךָ (‘ō·lā·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5930: Whole burnt offering

while I
וְאָנֹכִ֖י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

meet [the LORD]
אִקָּ֥רֶה (’iq·qā·reh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7136: To light upon, to bring about, to impose timbers

over there.”
כֹּֽה׃ (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now


Additional Translations
Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

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

And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God.

And [Balaam] said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder.

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

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

He said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder."

And he saith unto Balak, 'Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I -- I meet Him there;'
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