Numbers 23:4

And God met Balaam, and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

In Context

3And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go. Perhaps LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.

5And LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shall speak.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:9And God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

Numbers 23:1And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Isaiah 58:3Why have we fasted, [they say], and thou see not? We have afflicted our soul, and thou take no knowledge. Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact from all your laborers.

Luke 18:12I fast twice per Sabbath. I tithe all things, as many as I acquire.

Romans 3:27Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what law, of works? No, but by a law of faith.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:2-13

Balaam Constrained to Bless Israel; The Blessing Pronounced on Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 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 showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. 4 And God met Balaam: and he… Read the whole commentary →

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