King James Version
What Does Numbers 23:29 Mean?
“And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.”
Context
27
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
28
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
30
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**11-22. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean--**This law is noticed here to show the uses to which the water of separation [Nu 19:9] was applied. The case of a death is one; and as in every family which sustained a bereavement the members of the household became defiled, so in an immense population, where instances of mortality and other cases of uncleanness would be daily occurring, the water of separation must have been in constant requisition. To afford the necessary supply of the cleansing mixture, the Jewish writers say that a red heifer was sacrificed every year, and that the ashes, mingled with the sprinkling ingredients, were distributed through all the cities and towns of Israel.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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