Numbers 23:1

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

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  • Num 23:29 : 29 Balaam said to Balak, 'Build for me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.'
  • Num 29:32 : 32 On the seventh day, seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen year-old lambs, all without defect.
  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'
  • 2 Kgs 18:22 : 22 But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t He the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
  • 1 Chr 15:26 : 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 Chr 29:21 : 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah, and he instructed the descendants of Aaron, the priests, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
  • Job 42:8 : 8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken the truth about Me as My servant Job has.
  • Ps 50:8-9 : 8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. 9 I will not take a bull from your house, nor goats from your pens.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
  • Isa 1:11-15 : 11 "What is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?" says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed animals; I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats. 12 When you come to appear before Me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of My courts? 13 Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies—I cannot endure iniquity combined with solemn assembly. 14 Your New Moons and appointed festivals My soul hates. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express love, but their hearts pursue unjust gain.
  • Ezek 45:23 : 23 During the seven days of the festival, he is to prepare each day seven bulls and seven rams, without blemish, as burnt offerings to the Lord, along with a male goat as a sin offering.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those entering to go in.
  • Jude 1:11 : 11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, rushed headlong for profit into Balaam’s error, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.
  • Exod 20:24 : 24 Make an altar of earth for Me, and on it you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
  • Exod 27:1-8 : 1 You shall make the altar out of acacia wood; it shall be five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2 You shall make horns for it on its four corners; the horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with bronze. 3 You shall make pots to remove its ashes, along with its shovels, basins, forks, and firepans. All its utensils shall be made of bronze. 4 You shall construct a grating of bronze network. On the four corners of the grating, you shall make four bronze rings. 5 You shall set the grating below the ledge of the altar, from beneath, and the net shall extend halfway up the altar. 6 You shall make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. 7 The poles shall be inserted into the rings, so the poles are on two sides of the altar for carrying it. 8 The altar shall be hollow, made with boards. Just as it was shown to you on the mountain, so it shall be made.

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  • Num 23:25-30
    6 verses
    97%

    25Then Balak said to Balaam, 'If you won’t curse them for me, then at least don’t bless them!'

    26But Balaam replied, 'Didn’t I tell you that I must do whatever the LORD says?'

    27Then Balak said to Balaam, 'Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.'

    28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.

    29Balaam said to Balak, 'Build for me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.'

    30Balak did as Balaam said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

  • Num 23:2-7
    6 verses
    91%

    2Balak did as Balaam said, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

    3Balaam said to Balak, 'Stand beside your burnt offering while I go. Perhaps the LORD will meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.' Then he went to a barren height.

    4God met with Balaam, and Balaam said to Him, 'I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have placed a bull and a ram.'

    5The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, 'Go back to Balak and speak this to him.'

    6He returned to Balak, and there he was, standing beside his burnt offering along with all the officials of Moab.

    7Then Balaam uttered his oracle and said: 'From Aram Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: "Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel."'

  • Num 23:11-18
    8 verses
    86%

    11Balak said to Balaam, 'What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!'

    12He answered, 'Must I not speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?'

    13Then Balak said to him, 'Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will see only a part of them, not all of them. From there, curse them for me.'

    14So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah. There he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

    15Balaam said to Balak, 'Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.'

    16The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, 'Return to Balak and speak these words.'

    17So Balaam returned to Balak, who was standing beside his burnt offering with the officials of Moab. Balak asked him, 'What did the LORD say?'

    18Then Balaam proclaimed his oracle, saying: 'Stand up, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor!'

  • Num 22:39-41
    3 verses
    82%

    39Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth.

    40Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep and gave some to Balaam and the officials who were with him.

    41The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, from where he could see the outskirts of the people.

  • Num 22:7-10
    4 verses
    77%

    7The elders of Moab and Midian left, taking with them payment for divination. They came to Balaam and told him Balak's message.

    8Balaam said to them, 'Spend the night here, and I will bring back a word to you, as the LORD speaks to me.' So the Moabite leaders stayed with Balaam.

    9Then God came to Balaam and asked, 'Who are these men with you?'

    10Balaam said to God, 'Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent this message to me:

  • Num 24:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12Balaam answered Balak, 'Did I not tell your messengers that you sent to me,'

    13'Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the command of the LORD, to do anything good or bad of my own will. What the LORD says, that I will speak.'

  • Num 22:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17'For I will reward you very handsomely and will do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on these people for me.'

    18But Balaam answered Balak's servants, 'Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD my God to do anything small or great.'

  • Num 7:21
    74%

    21One young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering.

  • Num 22:20
    73%

    20That night God came to Balaam and said, 'Since these men have come to summon you, go with them. But do only what I tell you.'

  • Josh 24:9
    73%

    9Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you.

  • Num 7:27
    73%

    27One young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering.

  • Num 7:81
    73%

    81One young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering.

  • Num 22:35-37
    3 verses
    73%

    35The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, 'Go with the men, but speak only what I tell you.' So Balaam went with Balak's officials.

    36When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.

    37Balak said to Balaam, 'Did I not send messengers to you to summon you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really unable to reward you?

  • Num 22:5
    73%

    5He sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the river in the land of his people. They were to call him, saying, 'Look, a people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of the land and are settling next to me.'

  • Num 24:10
    73%

    10Then Balak's anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. He said to Balaam, 'I summoned you to curse my enemies, but instead, you have blessed them three times!'

  • Num 24:1
    72%

    1When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to seeking omens as he had done before, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.

  • Num 7:33
    72%

    33One young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering.

  • Num 22:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14So the Moabite leaders returned to Balak and said, 'Balaam refused to come with us.'

    15Then Balak sent other officials, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.

  • Num 7:15
    72%

    15One young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering.

  • Num 22:2
    72%

    2When Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,

  • Num 7:39
    72%

    39One young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering.

  • Num 7:51
    72%

    51One young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering.

  • Num 7:57
    72%

    57One young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering.