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Numbers 23:1

BalaamBalak
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

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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!

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  • Numbers 23:29

    And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

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  • Jude 1:11

    Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

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  • Matthew 23:13

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:21

    And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

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  • Proverbs 15:8

    The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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  • Numbers 29:32

    And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:

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  • Psalms 50:8–9

    I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

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  • Ezekiel 33:31

    And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

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