Numbers 23:1
And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
2And Balak did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on every altar.
Cross References
Exodus 27:1And thou shalt make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits.
Numbers 23:30And Balak did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar.
1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.
1 Chronicles 15:26And it came to pass when God strengthened the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they sacrificed seven calves and seven rams.
Job 42:8Now then take seven bullocks, and seven rams, 1 And go to my servant Job, 1 And he shall offer a burnt offering for you. 1 And my servant Job shall pray for you, 1 For I will only accept him: 1 For but for his sake, I would have destroyed you, 1 For ye have not spoken the truth against my servant Job. 1
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; 1 But the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him. 1
Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:1
In this chapter we have Balak and Balaam busy at work to do Israel a mischief, and, for ought that appears, neither Moses nor the elders of Israel know any thing of the matter, nor are in a capacity to break the snare; but God, who keeps Israel, and neither slumbers nor sleeps, baffles the attempt, without any intercession or contrivance of theirs. Here is, I. The first attempt to curse Israel. 1. The preparation made for it by sacrifice, ver. 1-3 . 2. The contrary instruction God gave Balaam, ver. 4, 5 . 3. The… Read the whole commentary →