Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 23:2
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram.
Balak by procuring them and Balaam by offering them; through in ancient times kings were priests also, and so might perform a priestly work, as this was.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken,…. Ordered seven altars to be built, and prepared seven bullocks and rams for sacrifice:
and Balak and Balsam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram; both seem to be concerned in offering the sacrifices; Balak, though a king, it being usual for kings to be priests also, as Melchizedek was, and Balaam as a prophet; and these sacrifices were offered to the true God, as seems clear from Nu 23:4 and to which Balak, at the direction of Balaam, agreed, in order to gain the Lord on his side, that he might prevail over the people of Israel.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(2) And Balak and Balaam offered.It is more probable that Balak, as a king, performed priestly functions than that Balaam performed them alone. (See Note on Num. 22:40.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Num 23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram.
Ver. 2. And Balak did. ] Ready to conform to any religion, so he might obtain his purposes. God abhors these lukewarm neuter passives, that are inter coelum terramque penduli, that halt between two, that commit idolatry between the porch and the altar, with those five and twenty miscreants. Eze 8:16
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
as = according to what.
offered = offered up. Hebrew. ‘alah. See App-43.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
offered: Num 23:14, Num 23:30
Reciprocal: Num 22:17 – and I will do Num 22:40 – General Num 23:29 – General 1Ch 15:26 – bullocks Eze 45:23 – seven bullocks
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and
(a) Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram.
(a) For among the Gentiles the kings often used to sacrifice, as did the priests.