Numbers 23:1 KJV
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
Scofield Notes
- utmost"Utmost part," etc., means the end of the encampment, the "fourth part of Israel" Num 23:10. Balak's thought, as Grant (following Keil) points out, was not...
Matthew Henry
- Balak's sacrifice, Balaam pronounces a blessing instead of a curseWith the camps of Israel full in view, Balaam ordered seven altars to be built, and a bullock and a ram to be offered on each. Oh the sottishness of...
Thompson Chains
- SevenSee the chain from Exodus 25:37 · 15 links
Cross References
- Numbers 23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
- Exodus 20:24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
- Exodus 27:1–8 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. …
- Numbers 29:32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
- 1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
- 2 Kings 18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
- 1 Chronicles 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.
- 2 Chronicles 29:21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
- 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 deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
- Psalms 50:8–9 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. …
- Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Isaiah 1:11–15 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. …
- Ezekiel 33:31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
- Ezekiel 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.
- Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
- 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.
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Topics
- Altar Built by Balaam
- God Providence of, overruling interpositions of the
- Hypocrisy Ith
- Moabites Calls for Balaam to curse Israel
- Seven Rams and bullocks to the number of, required in sarifices
- Sorcery By Balaam
- Temptation Balak tempts Balaam
- Worldliness Balaam
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And Balaam בִּלְעָם bilʿām בִּלְעָם Proper name
- said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- unto Balak אֶל ʾel Preposition בָּלָק bālāq בָּלָק Proper name
- Build בְּנֵה bĕnê בָּנָה Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
- me here seven לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular בָזֶה bāzê Pronoun · with preposition שִׁבְעָה šibʿâ שֶׁבַע Number · masculine singular
- altars מִזְבְּחֹת mizbĕḥōt מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine plural
- and prepare וְהָכֵן wĕhākēn כּוּן Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine singular · with and
- me here seven לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular בָּזֶה bāzê Pronoun · with preposition שִׁבְעָה šibʿâ שֶׁבַע Number · masculine singular
- oxen פָרִים pārîm פַּר Noun · masculine plural
- and seven וְשִׁבְעָה wĕšibʿâ שֶׁבַע Number · masculine singular · with and
- rams אֵילִים ʾêlîm אַיִל Noun · masculine plural
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