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Numbers 23:1

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

2 So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

3 “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,

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BSB
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
KJV
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
WEB
Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
ASV
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
DARBY
And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
BLB
And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and prepare for me in this [place] seven bulls and seven rams.”
ÅB
Da sa Bileam til Balak: Bygg syv alter for meg her, og la meg få hit syv okser og syv værer!
OTB
Bileam sa til Balak: «Bygg sju altere for meg her, og gjør i stand sju okser og sju værer til meg.»
B1930
Da sa Bileam til Balak: Bygg syv alter for mig her, og la mig få hit syv okser og syv værer!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 23:29

    Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

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  • Jude 1:11

    Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

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  • Matthew 23:13

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:21

    They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

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  • Proverbs 15:8

    The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

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  • Numbers 29:32

    On the seventh day you are to present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

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  • Psalms 50:8–9

    I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

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  • Ezekiel 33:31

    So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

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