KJV King James Version
And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.
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Numbers 23:14
And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
WEB World English Bible
He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
ASV American Standard Version
And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he taketh him to the field of Zophim, unto the top of Pisgah, and buildeth seven altars, and offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar.
Surrounding context — Numbers 23
11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed [them] altogether.
12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.
15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.
16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקָּחֵ֙הוּ֙H3947 · la.qachto take: takeשְׂדֵ֣הH7704 · sa.daySirionצֹפִ֔יםH6839 · tso.phimZophimאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)רֹ֖אשׁH7218 · roshheadהַפִּסְגָּ֑הH6449 · pis.gahPisgahוַיִּ֙בֶן֙H1129 · ba.nahto buildשִׁבְעָ֣הH7651 · she.vasevenמִזְבְּחֹ֔תH4196 · miz.be.achaltarוַיַּ֛עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseפָּ֥רH6499 · parbullockוָאַ֖יִלH352 · a.yilramבַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃H4196 · miz.be.achaltar
Cross-references
Isaiah 46:6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, [and] hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.Numbers 21:20And from Bamoth [in] the valley, that [is] in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.Numbers 23:1-2And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.Deuteronomy 3:27Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold [it] with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.Deuteronomy 4:49And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.Deuteronomy 34:1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that [is] over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,Numbers 23:29And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.Isaiah 1:10-11Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.Hosea 12:11[Is there] iniquity [in] Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
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