Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”
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Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”
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And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
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And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.'
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Passages linked to Numbers 23:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 23:1-2 Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.” Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Balaam said unto Balak,.... Being willing to try…
And Balaam said unto Balak,.... Being willing to try again what could be done, and to gratify the king, and especially to get the wages of unrighteousness, if possible, which he dearly loved, as the apostle says, Pe2 2:15.
build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams; which had been done in two places before, Num 23:1 the same sort of creatures, and the same number here as there, and these only clean creatures, such as were used in sacrifice by the true worshippers of God, and which, no doubt, Balaam had knowledge of, and therefore judged that those would be most acceptable to the Lord.
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