Numbers 23:1

And Balaam seide to Balaach, Bilde thou here to me seuene auteris, and make redi so many caluys, and rammes of the same noumbre.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

In Context

2And whanne he hadde do bi the word of Balaam, thei puttiden a calf and a ram to gidere on the auter.

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Cross References

Exodus 27:1Also thou schalt make an auter of the trees of Sechym, which schal haue fyue cubitis in lengthe, and so many in brede, that is, sqware, and thre cubitis in heiythe.

Numbers 23:30Balaach dide as Balaam seide, and he puttide caluys and rammes, bi alle auteris.

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 →

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