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Numbers 23:14

PisgahZophim

12 But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”

13 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”

So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

15 Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”

16 And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”

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BSB
So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
KJV
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.
WEB
He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
ASV
And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
DARBY
And he took him to the watchmen's field, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.
BLB
And he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
ÅB
Så tok han ham med seg til speider-haugen på toppen av Pisga og bygget der syv alter og ofret en okse og en vær på hvert alter.
OTB
Så tok han Bileam til Zofims mark på toppen av Pisga, hvor han bygde sju altere og ofret en okse og en vær på hvert.
B1930
Så tok han ham med sig til speider-haugen på toppen av Pisga og bygget der syv alter og ofret en okse og en vær på hvert alter.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 1:10–11

    Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

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  • Deuteronomy 3:27

    Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:49

    including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.

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  • Hosea 12:11

    Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

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  • Isaiah 46:6

    They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.

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  • Deuteronomy 34:1

    Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,

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  • Numbers 21:20

    and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.

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  • 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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