Numbers 23:4

And Balaam went to enquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on every altar.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 by your sacrifice, and I will go and see if God + 23:3 Gr. appear to me in meeting will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall show me, I will report to you. And Balac stood by his sacrifice.

5And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, you shall return to Balac, and thus shall you speak.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:9And God came to Balaam, and said to him, Who are these men with you?

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

Isaiah 58:3saying, Why have we fasted, and you regard not? why have we afflicted our souls, and you did not know it? Nay, in the days of your fasts you⌃ find your pleasures, and all them that are under your power you⌃ wound.

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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