Numbers 23:4

God met Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.”

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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

3Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps Adonai will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” He went to a bare height.

5Adonai put a word in Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people]’s mouth, and said, “ Teshuvah ·Completely return· to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

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Cross References

Numbers 22:9God came to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and said, “Who are these men with you?”

Numbers 23:1Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

Isaiah 58:3‘Why have we fasted,’ say they, ‘and you don’t see? 2 Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’ 1 “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, 2 and oppress all your laborers. 1

Luke 18:12I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

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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