Numbers 23:1

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

"And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams." - Numbers 23:1
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What does Numbers 23:1 mean?

The Book of Numbers in the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament, offers a complex tapestry of historical accounts, laws, and religious teachings. The verse Numbers 23:1, as it appears in the King James Version (KJV), reads: "And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here…

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The Altar of Intentional Worship

In Numbers 23:1, we read, "And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams." This verse presents a significant moment in the biblical narrative, revealing much about the nature of worship, intent, and the heart of the…

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A Prayer for Divine Guidance and Sacrifice

Heavenly Father, As I come before You in prayer, I pause to reflect on the profound message embedded in the words of Numbers 23:1: "And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams." In this moment of reflection, I seek to…

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Numbers 23:1 - "And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams."
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Numbers 8:23 - "¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 16:23 - "¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 33:23 - "And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher."
Numbers 3:23 - "The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward."
"Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred." - Numbers 1:23
Balaam bless Israel twice in numbers 23
Numbers 23:23 - "Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!"
Numbers 10:23 - "And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur."
Numbers 2:23 - "And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred."
Numbers 23:28 - "And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon."
Numbers 34:23 - "The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod."
Numbers 26:23 - "¶ Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:"
Numbers 23:30 - "And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar."
Numbers 23:22 - "God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn."
Numbers 28:23 - "Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering."
Numbers 20:23 - "And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,"
Numbers 23:25 - "¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all."
Numbers 23:2 - "And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram."
Numbers 29:23 - "¶ And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:"
Numbers 5:23 - "And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:"
Numbers 23:20 - "Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it."
"¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying," - Numbers 16:23
"¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying," - Numbers 8:23
Numbers 27:23 - "And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses."