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Numbers 23:29

Balaam said, "Build seven altars here. Then prepare seven bulls and seven rams for the altars."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Peor;   Thompson Chain Reference - Balaam;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altars;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Canaan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Balaam;   Balak;   Crimes and Punishments;   Kibroth-Hattaavah;   Moab, Moabites;   Prophecy, Prophets;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Number;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Bil`am said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
King James Version
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Lexham English Bible
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me these seven altars, and prepare for me these seven bulls and seven rams."
English Standard Version
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."
New Century Version
Balaam told Balak, "Build me seven altars here and prepare for me seven bulls and seven male sheep."
New English Translation
Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars here for me, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams."
Amplified Bible
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams here."
New American Standard Bible
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Make me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullocks, and seuen rammes.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here."
Contemporary English Version
Balaam said, "Build seven altars here, then bring me seven bulls and seven rams."
Complete Jewish Bible
Bil‘am said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare me seven bulls and seven rams."
Darby Translation
And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
George Lamsa Translation
And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars and prepare me seven bullocks and seven rams.
Good News Translation
Balaam said to him, "Build seven altars for me here and bring me seven bulls and seven rams."
Christian Standard Bible®
Balaam told Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
Literal Translation
And Balaam said to Balak, Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Balaam sayde vnto Balac: Buylde me here seuen altares, and prouyde me seuen bullockes and seuen rammes.
American Standard Version
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Bible in Basic English
And Balaam said to Balak, Make me seven altars here and get seven oxen and seven male sheep ready for me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Balaam said vnto Balac: Make me here seuen aulters, and prepare me here seuen oxen, and seuen rammes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.'
King James Version (1611)
And Balaam saide vnto Balak, Build mee here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullocks, and seuen rammes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Balaam said to Balac, build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.
English Revised Version
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Berean Standard Bible
"Build me seven altars here," Balaam said, "and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Balaam seide to hym, Bilde here seuene auteris to me, and make redi so many caluys, and rammes of the same noumbre.
Young's Literal Translation
and Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams;'
Update Bible Version
And Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
World English Bible
Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
New King James Version
Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."
New Living Translation
Balaam again told Balak, "Build me seven altars, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice."
New Life Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here. And make ready seven bulls and seven rams for me here."
New Revised Standard
Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here, seven altars, - and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Balaam said to him: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.
Revised Standard Version
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and provide for me here seven bulls and seven rams."
THE MESSAGE
Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for sacrifice."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here."

Contextual Overview

13 Then Balak said to him, "So come with me to another place. At that place you can see more of these people. You cannot see all of them—you can only see part of them. Maybe from that place you can curse them for me." 14 So Balak led Balaam to Watchmen Hills. This was on top of Mount Pisgah. There Balak built seven altars and killed a bull and a ram on each altar as a sacrifice. 15 Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here by this altar while I go meet with God over there." 16 So the Lord came to Balaam and told Balaam what to say. Then he told Balaam to go back to Balak and say these things. 17 So Balaam went to Balak. Balak was still standing near the altar. The leaders of Moab were there with him. Balak saw Balaam coming and said, "What did the Lord say?" 18 Then Balaam said this: "Stand up, Balak, and listen to me. Hear me, Balak son of Zippor. 19 God is not a man; he will not lie. God is not a human being; his decisions will not change. If he says he will do something, then he will do it. If he makes a promise, then he will do what he promised. 20 He told me to bless them. He blessed them, so I cannot change that. 21 God saw no wrong in Jacob's people. He saw no sin in the Israelites. The Lord is their God, and he is with them. The Great King is with them! 22 God brought them out of Egypt. They are as strong as a wild ox.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 23:1, Numbers 23:2

Reciprocal: Numbers 22:17 - and I will do Numbers 23:14 - built seven 1 Chronicles 15:26 - bullocks 2 Chronicles 29:21 - seven Job 42:8 - seven bullocks Micah 6:6 - with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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, 2 Peter 2:15

build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams; which had been done in two places before, Numbers 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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