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Numbers 23:4

And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

KJV

Cumque abiisset velociter, occurrit illi Deus. Locutusque ad eum Balaam : Septem, inquit, aras erexi, et imposui vitulum et arietem desuper.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐφάνη ὁ θεὸς τῷ Βαλαάμ, καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν Βαλαάμ Τοὺς ἑπτὰ βωμοὺς ἡτοίμασα, καὶ ἀνεβίβασα μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν.

LXX

And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

ASV

וַ/יִּקָּ֥ר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל בִּלְעָ֑ם וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗י/ו אֶת שִׁבְעַ֤ת הַֽ/מִּזְבְּחֹת֙ עָרַ֔כְתִּי וָ/אַ֛עַל פָּ֥ר וָ/אַ֖יִל בַּ/מִּזְבֵּֽחַ

Hebrew

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People Balaam

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בִּלְעָ֔ם
bl'm
proper_noun · 61×
הוּ
hv
verb · 27×
ו
v
noun · 195×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ
y'rk
verb · 76×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
פַּ֣ר
pr
noun · 132×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eph 2:9 — Not of works, lest any man should boast.
  • Luke 18:12 — I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
  • Num 23:16 — And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.