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Numbers 22:40

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And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
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  1. Numbers 23:14Rank 1 from verse 40
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    14¶ And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

  2. Proverbs 1:16Rank 2 from verse 40
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    16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

  3. Genesis 31:54Rank 3 from verse 40
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    54Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

  4. Numbers 23:2Rank 4 from verse 40
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    2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

  5. Numbers 23:30Rank 5 from verse 40
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    30And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

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Numbers 22:40

COMBINED MEANING

offered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of offer, meaning to present, bring, give, propose, or attempt.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sheep

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Sense 1: Flock animals kept for wool, food, and sacrifice. Sense 2: Figuratively, people pictured as a flock or as needing a shepherd.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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39And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth.

40And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

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41And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

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