Numbers 23:4
And Elohim met Balaam, and he said unto Him, I have prepared shivah hamizbechot, and I have offered upon each mizbe'ach a bull and a ram.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5And Hashem put a word in Balaamʼs mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Cross References
Numbers 22:9And Elohim came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?
Numbers 23:1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here shivah mizbechot, and prepare for me here shivah bulls and shivah rams.
Isaiah 58:3Why have we done a tzom, say they, and Thou seest not? 1 Why have we afflicted nafsheinu, and Thou takest no notice? 1 See, in your yom tzom ye find chefetz (pleasure, personal advantage) 1 and exploit all your toilers. 1
Luke 18:12I undergo a tzom (fast) twice during the week, I give the ma'aser (tithe) of everything as much as I get. + 18:12 Isa 58:3; Mal 3:8
Romans 3:27Where then is boasting? + 3:27 see Ro 4:2 It has been memayet (precluded, excluded). By what kind of gezetz? Of depending on [zokheh-earning] ma'asim? No, on the contrary, + 3:27 T.N. Ro 4:2 by the (debt). Torah of Emunah (the Law of Faith, that is, the Law understood in terms of emunah).
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 →