King James Version
Numbers 23:1 in the King James Version says “And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.”
Numbers 23:1 · KJV
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. to an: or, solitary
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“and seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“and prepare”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“and seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“oxen”
H6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
“and seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“rams”
H352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically an oak or other strong tree
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