KJV 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.
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Numbers 23:4
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
WEB World English Bible
God met Balaam: and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.”
ASV American Standard Version
And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And God cometh unto Balaam, and he saith unto Him, ‘The seven altars I have arranged, and I offer a bullock and a ram on the altar;’
Surrounding context — Numbers 23
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 sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
4 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.
5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקָּ֥רH7136 · qa.rahto meetאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בִּלְעָ֑םH1109 · bil.amBalaamוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֵלָ֗יוH413 · elto(wards)אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שִׁבְעַ֤תH7651 · she.vasevenהַֽמִּזְבְּחֹת֙H4196 · miz.be.achaltarעָרַ֔כְתִּיH6186 · a.rakhto arrangeוָאַ֛עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseפָּ֥רH6499 · parbullockוָאַ֖יִלH352 · a.yilramבַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃H4196 · miz.be.achaltar
Cross-references
Numbers 23:16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.Ephesians 2:9Not of works, lest any man should boast.Luke 18:12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.Romans 3:27Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.Matthew 20:12Saying, These last have wrought [but] one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.Numbers 22:9And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men [are] these with thee?Numbers 23:1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.Isaiah 58:3-4Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.Numbers 22:20And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, [and] go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
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