Numbers 23:4

And when he was gone with speed, God met him. And Balaam speaking to him, said: I have erected seven altars, and have laid on everyone a calf and a ram.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.

5And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:9What mean these men that are with thee?

Numbers 23:1And Balaam said to Balac: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.

Isaiah 58:3Why have we fasted, and thou hast not regarded: have we humbled our souls, and thou hast not taken notice? Behold in the day of your fast your own will is found, and you exact of all your debtors.

Luke 18:12I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess.

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