Verse 4
Numbers 23:4
New King James Version
4
And God (Elohim) met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon
every altar a bullock and a ram.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקָּ֥ר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל בִּלְעָ֑ם וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗י/ו אֶת שִׁבְעַ֤ת הַֽ/מִּזְבְּחֹת֙ עָרַ֔כְתִּי וָ/אַ֛עַל פָּ֥ר וָ/אַ֖יִל בַּ/מִּזְבֵּֽחַ
English Translation
And God called to Balaam and said to him, "I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered a bull and a ram on the altar."
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Chapter 23 Context
1
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven ram...
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And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on
every altar a bullock and a ram.
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3
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will c...
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4
And God (Elohim) met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered...
5
And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
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6
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
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7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the m...
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8
How shall I curse, whom God (Elohim) hath not cursed? or how shall I defy,
whom the LORD hath not de...
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9
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell...
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10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth
part of Israel? Let me die the death o...
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11
And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, beh...
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12
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
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13
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see...
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14
And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offer...
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15
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet
the LORD yonder.
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16
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
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17
And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. A...
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18
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
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19
God (Elohim)
is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath h...
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20
Behold, I have received
commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
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21
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God...
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22
God (Elohim) brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
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23
Surely
there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither
is there any divination against Israel: accord...
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24
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not...
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25
And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
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26
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I...
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27
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it...
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28
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
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29
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven...
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30
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on
every altar.
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