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Wycliffe Bible

Numbers 23:29

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

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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Balaam said, "Build seven altars here. Then prepare seven bulls and seven rams for the altars."
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."
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 Therfor Balaach seide to Balaam, Come with me in to anothir place, fro whennus thou se a part of Israel, and mayst not se al; fro thennus curse thou hym. 14 And whanne he hadde led Balaam in to an hiy place, on the cop of the hil of Phasga, he bildide seuene auteris to Balaam, and whanne calues and rammes weren put aboue, 15 he seide to Balaach, Stonde here bisidis thi brent sacrifice, while Y go. 16 And whanne the Lord hadde `come to him, and hadde put `a word in his mouth, he seide, Turne ayen to Balach, and thou schalt seie these thingis to hym. 17 He turnyde ayen, and foond Balach stondynge bisidis his brent sacrifice, and the princis of Moabitis with hym. To whom Balach seide, What spak the Lord? 18 And whanne his parable `was takun, he seide, Stonde, Balach, and herkene; here, thou sone of Sephor. God is not `as a man, 19 that he lye, nethir he is as the sone of a man, that he be chaungid; therfor he seide, and schal he not do? he spak, and schal he not fulfille? 20 Y am brouyt to blesse, Y may not forbede blessyng. 21 Noon idol is in Jacob, nethir symylacre is seyn in Israel; his Lord God is with hym, and the sown of victorie of kyng is in hym. 22 The Lord God ledde hym out of Egipt, whos strengthe is lijk an vnicorn;

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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