Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”

King James Version

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

Holman Bible

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

International Standard Version

Balaam told Balak, "Build for me here seven altars and prepare here for me seven bulls and seven rams."

A Conservative Version

And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

American Standard Version

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Amplified

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams here.”

Bible in Basic English

And Balaam said to Balak, Make me here seven altars and get ready seven oxen and seven male sheep.

Darby Translation

And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Julia Smith Translation

And Balaam will say to Balak, Build to me here seven altars, and prepare to me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

King James 2000

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me this: seven altars. And prepare for me this: seven bulls and seven rams."

Modern King James verseion

And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare here seven oxen and seven rams for me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Balaam said unto Balak, "Build me here seven altars and provide here seven oxen and seven rams."

NET Bible

Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."

New Heart English Bible

Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."

The Emphasized Bible

Then said Balaam unto Balak: Build me here seven altars, - and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams.

Webster

And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

World English Bible

Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."

Youngs 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.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּלעם 
Bil`am 
Usage: 61

בּלק 
Balaq 
Usage: 43

בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

me here seven
שׁבעה שׁבע 
Sheba` 
שׁבעה שׁבע 
Sheba` 
Usage: 395
Usage: 395

מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

פּר פּר 
Par 
Usage: 133

and seven
שׁבעה שׁבע 
Sheba` 
Usage: 395

References

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Balaam's Oracles

1 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.” 2 Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram.

Cross References

Numbers 23:29

And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."

Exodus 20:24

An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.

Exodus 27:1-8

"You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

Numbers 29:32

"On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, "Has 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 listen than the fat of rams.

2 Kings 18:22

But if you say to me, "We trust in the LORD our God," is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, "You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem"?

1 Chronicles 15:26

And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

2 Chronicles 29:21

And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male 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

Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has."

Psalm 50:8-9

Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

Isaiah 1:11-15

"What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

Ezekiel 45:23

And on the seven days of the festival he shall provide as a burnt offering to the LORD seven young bulls and seven rams without blemish, on each of the seven days; and a male goat daily for a sin offering.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion.

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