Numbers 23:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

God

Numbers 23:16

Numbers 22:9

I have prepared

Ephesians 2:9

Bible References

God

Then the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

Then God came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?”

I have prepared

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

‘Why have we fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’
Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire,
And drive hard all your workers.

saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’

I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.