Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."
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."
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.'
Themes
Altars » Mentioned in scripture » Of balaam
Seven » Miscellany of sevens » Rams and bullocks to the number of, required in sarifices
Interlinear
Banah
Sheba`
שׁבעה שׁבע
Sheba`
seven, seventh, seventeen , seven times, seventeenth , seventeenth, sevens , seven men, sevenfold, seventeen , seventeen
Usage: 395
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 23:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Balaam's Oracles
1 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams." 2 So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
Cross References
Numbers 23:29
Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars here for me, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams."
Exodus 20:24
You must make for me an altar made of earth, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be honored I will come to you and I will bless you.
Exodus 27:1-8
"You are to make the altar of acacia wood, seven feet six inches long, and seven feet six inches wide; the altar is to be square, and its height is to be four feet six inches.
Numbers 29:32
"'On the seventh day you must offer seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,
1 Samuel 15:22
Then Samuel said, "Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.
2 Kings 18:22
Perhaps you will tell me, 'We are trusting in the Lord our God.' But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem.'
1 Chronicles 15:26
When God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the Lord's covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
2 Chronicles 29:21
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. The king told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord.
Job 42:8
So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has."
Psalm 50:8-9
I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.
Proverbs 15:8
The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
Isaiah 1:11-15
"Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?" says the Lord. "I am stuffed with burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want.
Ezekiel 33:31
They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.
Ezekiel 45:23
And during the seven days of the feast he will provide as a burnt offering to the Lord seven bulls and seven rams, all without blemish, on each of the seven days, and a male goat daily for a sin offering.
Matthew 23:13
"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain's path, and because of greed have abandoned themselves to Balaam's error; hence, they will certainly perish in Korah's rebellion.