Thematic Bible: Of balaam


Thematic Bible



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

So Balak brought Balaam to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

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


But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you.

I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.


the oracle of the one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, although falling flat on the ground with eyes open:

the oracle of the one who hears the words of God, and who knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, although falling flat on the ground with eyes open:


When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance and saw the Lord saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.' I replied, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you. read more.
And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.' Then he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"


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