Numbers 23:29
“And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.”
Numbers 23:29 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- Balaam said to him: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
- DARBYDarby
- And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
- YLTYoung'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;'
- BPVBiblePics Version
- Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me."
Context: Numbers 23
27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
30And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
About Numbers 23: Balaam's Oracles
Balaam's prophecies of the coming of a great leader, the Messiah.
Commentary
In Numbers 23, the Lord commands Balaam to bless the Israelites. Balaam is a non-Israelite prophet who is hired by Balak, the king of Moab, to curse the Israelites. However, God does not allow Balaam to do so, and instead commands him to bless the Israelites. Balaam obeys God and blesses the Israelites with a series of prophecies.