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Selected Verse: Numbers 22:40 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Nu 22:40	Strong Concordance	And Balak [01111] offered [02076] oxen [01241] and sheep [06629], and sent [07971] to Balaam [01109], and to the princes [08269] that were with him.
	King James	And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Balak offered oxen and sheep--made preparations for a grand entertainment to Balaam and the princes of Midian.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Balak offered oxen and sheep--made preparations for a grand entertainment to Balaam and the princes of Midian.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The princes - Whom the king had left to attend him.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

The princes - Whom the king had left to attend him.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
And Balak offered oxen, etc. - This was to gain the favor of his gods, and perhaps to propitiate Jehovah, that the end for which he had sent for Balaam might be accomplished.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

And Balak offered oxen, etc. - This was to gain the favor of his gods, and perhaps to propitiate Jehovah, that the end for which he had sent for Balaam might be accomplished.

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