King James Version
Numbers 23:4 in the King James Version says “And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock an...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.”
Numbers 23:4 · KJV
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
And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
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“met”
H7136to light upon (chiefly by accident); specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
“And God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“unto him I have prepared”
H6186to set in a row, i.e., arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
“and I have offered”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“a bullock”
H6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
“and a ram”
H352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically an oak or other strong tree
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