Numbers 23:1
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
KJV
Dixitque Balaam ad Balac : Ædifica mihi hic septem aras, et para totidem vitulos, ejusdemque numeri arietes.
Vulgate
Καὶ εἶπεν Βαλαὰμ τῷ Βαλάκ Οἰκοδόμησόν μοι ἐνταῦθα ἑπτὰ βωμούς, καὶ ἑτοίμασόν μοι ἐνταῦθα ἑπτὰ μόσχους καὶ ἑπτὰ κριούς.
LXX
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר בִּלְעָם֙ אֶל בָּלָ֔ק בְּנֵה לִ֥/י בָ/זֶ֖ה שִׁבְעָ֣ה מִזְבְּחֹ֑ת וְ/הָכֵ֥ן לִ/י֙ בָּ/זֶ֔ה שִׁבְעָ֥ה פָרִ֖ים וְ/שִׁבְעָ֥ה אֵילִֽים
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the rebellion of Korah, the spies sent to Canaan, the 40 years of wandering, Balaam's oracles, the conquest of Transjordan, and the death of Moses. Josephus portrays Moses as one of the greatest legislators in human history.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 15:26 — And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
- Ezek 45:23 — And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
- Job 42:8 — Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I
- Josh 6:4 — And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
- Jude 1:11 — Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
- Num 23:29 — And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.